Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who holds to the figurative interpretation of the attributes, despite the proof having been established against him?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and I established the proof against him with evidence regarding the issue of rising above the Throne, but he refuses to accept it, following his sheikhs. Is it permissible to pray behind him?

Answer:
If this imam is in this country, he must be removed from his position. It is not permissible to leave him in place holding to the figurative interpretation of the attributes. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs should be informed about him so that they remove him and appoint someone else. However, if he is in another country, one looks at which of them is better. If he holds to the figurative interpretation but is better than the others—there are some who are worse than him, and there are some who are… There is no doubt that committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater of them is required. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Yes.