Replacing the Imam with Another and Taking the Remainder of the Salary

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We have an imam in the neighborhood where we live, and he has brought in an imam to replace him. Yes. We have an imam in the neighborhood where we live who has brought in an imam to replace him, then he gives him a small portion of the money and takes the rest himself. Is that permissible?

Answer:
The mosque is being exploited; this is exploitation. We ask Allah for safety. This is not permissible. Either he performs the work himself, or he leaves it to someone else who will perform it. The one who takes charge of this is not the one who does so. The affairs of the mosques are under the authority of the one who takes charge of this. He has a reference. The one who takes charge of this does not dismiss or appoint from his own authority, nor does he take and give from his own authority. This is not permissible. Yes.