The Ruling on Praying Behind an Ibadi Imam

Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, is it permissible to pray behind an Ibadi imam?

Answer:
The one who holds a belief that takes him out of the religion, you do not pray behind him. The one who holds a belief that constitutes disbelief, you do not pray behind him. As for the one whose error is less than disbelief, you pray behind him, as long as he is within the circle of Islam, even if he has some deviations. As long as he has not exited the religion, you pray behind him. Yes.
This is the rule. We do not say so-and-so or so-and-so; we state this rule: whoever has not exited the religion through his innovation or his deviation, you pray behind him. As for the one whose innovation has taken him out of the religion, you do not pray behind him, because he is not a Muslim. Yes. We tell you only the rule. However, some jurists say that you do not pray behind an open sinner, even if he is not a major sinner, because they require the imam to be righteous. Therefore, the open sinner who commits a major sin, you do not pray behind him. This is the view of some jurists. But the correct view is that you pray behind every Muslim, as long as he has not exited Islam. Yes.