What is the ruling on dividing the time between the imam and the mu'adhdhin for the prayer and the adhan in the mosque

The questioner : The questioner says: What is the ruling on what some of the imams and mu'adhdhins do regarding dividing the time between them by taking turns, such that the imam, for example, prays the midday and afternoon prayers, and the other prays the sunset, night, and dawn prayers, and this is between them in the mosque? I hope the Honorable Shaykh will answer my question?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the Righteous, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. We must know.
That if a person commits to a specific job with the authorities in exchange for a reward he takes from the public treasury, he is required to perform this work in the manner he committed to. Yes. And it is not permissible for him to neglect any part of it. This is because Allah the Exalted said: And He the Exalted said: .
And it is not permissible for the imam who committed to being an imam to appoint another in his place in the imamate except if there is an excuse or.
a legal one. In this case, he informs the authorities of his excuse and appoints another in his place if he wishes. As for the rotation mentioned by the questioner between the imam and the mu'adhdhin, such that the imam acts as the mu'adhdhin for three times and the mu'adhdhin acts as the imam for two times, that is not permissible except with two conditions. The first condition is that the authorities in charge of mosque affairs permit it, and the second condition is that the people of the neighborhood, who are the people of the mosque, agree to it. And without that, it is not permissible. And I advise my brothers the imams and mu'adhdhins to fear Allah Mighty and Majestic and to be a good example in fulfilling contracts and conditions, because Allah the Exalted made them imams to be followed. For this reason, you find some of the common people, if you order them to fulfill the duty of the job, they say to you: "This such-and-such imam goes away and does not pray except two or three times," or "This mu'adhdhin goes away and does not call the adhan except two or three times." And this is a problem. A person must avoid it.

The presenter : Yes.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.