Are make-up prayers required?

Fraud has run rampant.

We have seen fake doctors, fake teachers, and fake professors.

Since there is no one who does not know the source of the incident, I will not delve too deep and get myself into trouble.

The incident was covered up.

Then, when a fake imam appeared, the nature of the situation changed.

Those who did not object to the surgery performed by a fake doctor or the diploma issued by a fake professor knocked on the door of the Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs) when the matter turned to prayer.

They asked for a fatwa, saying, "What will happen to our prayers?"

They asked half-heartedly whether they would have to perform make-up prayers for the prayers they had stood behind the fake imam for years, fully aware that a significant number of prayers had accumulated.

The Diyanet thought it over.

It examined the jurisprudence and

issued a fatwa in the direction that suited the public.

There was no need for make-up prayers.

Even though the imam had gone to work with a fake diploma, once it was decided that the salaries he received from his start date were lawful, the prayers were also accepted.

In the end, even if the imam was fake, the believer was real.