Praying Behind a Shaven, Garment-Dragging Imam

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I am traveling and I want to perform the obligatory prayer, and I find an imam from the common people who is shaven and dragging his garment, is it better for me to join him in this state, or go to another mosque, or wait until he finishes the prayer?

Answer:
As long as he is a Muslim, as long as he is a Muslim, pray behind him and he has virtue. This is his choice to present people to him in the state of choice; they do not present him. But if he is actually praying and people are praying behind him, then pray with them, my brother. He is a Muslim and his prayer is valid. It is just that one does not choose a person in this state for the imamate. This is when there is a choice. But now you are facing a reality; it is not a choice. You do not leave the prayer, pray on your own while the congregation is present? No, pray with them, and praise be to Allah.