Prayer: Is It Permissible for an Imam to Receive Payment for Congregational Prayer Preparations?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is It Permissible for an Imam to Receive Payment for Congregational Prayer Preparations?

English:

Question #566:

Is it permissible for the imam of congregational prayer to receive money for doing preliminaries of congregational prayer?

Answer #566:

It is no problem.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer