Is it permissible for an imam to take money to lead Salah?

Question
Assalmualaikum,
I have a question/doubt, that did our salah is accepted by ALLAH if we
offer salah behind an imam who is taking money for being imam,
actually most imams do this, if the imam is not paid any money and is
asked to offer salah for free almost every imam would leave the job.
Please answer me if is it ok or if it is not permitted in Islam, with
reference toQuran & Hadeeth.
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The ruling issued by the earlier jurists wasthe impermissibility of
taking a wage for leading salah . This ruling was given on the basis
that the imam would get a grant from the bait al-maal for their
necessities.
However, in these times wherein a bait al-maal does not existthe imam
does not have any source to provide for his necessities, therefore the
later jurists permit receiving a wage for leading salah . If the imams
were to focus on earning rather than teaching or leading salah , it
would have a detrimental effect.
Thus, it is permissiblefor an imam to take a wage for leading salah .

And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best