[3][1] Its spread within ISIS triggered prolonged ideological conflict within the group, pitting its followers against the moderate faction led by Turki al-Binali.
Due to al-Hazimi's reluctance to directly comment on the subject of politics, there exist varying beliefs among the Hazimi movement, leading some to argue that it does not present itself as a unique manhaj.
[4] Hazimis spans from direct Salafi-jihadist elements currently aligned with Boko Haram and formerly associated with ISIS,[5] to those hesitating to explicitly criticise the Saudi monarchy.
Hazimis regard participation in the democratic system or process as grounds for takfir and a nullifier of Islam, considering it equivalent to prostrating to an idol.
However, al-Hazimi asserted that the doctrines put forward by contemporary Salafi-jihadi thinkers were not to be blindly followed, challenging the consensual authority of Ibn Taymiyyah.
[7] To justify their claims, various Hazimi ideologues assert that Ibn Taymiyyah was against the principle of al-'udhr bi'l-jahl in affairs of shirk (polytheism).
[3] Bahraini scholar Turki al-Binali, who led the group's Office of Research and Studies, prepared a series of lectures and pamphlets against the doctrine.
[2] In March 2014, audio leaked of several high-level Hazimi officials, including the wāli of Hasakah, pronouncing takfir on the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.
[3] In late 2014, 50 Hazimis fled to Turkey while 70 were imprisoned and executed by ISIS after they made takfir on elements of its leadership which did not consider Ayman al-Zawahiri to be a disbeliever.
[2] On 17 May 2017, ISIS' Delegated Committee issued a memorandum which condemned al-takfir bi'l-tasalsul but stated that takfir was from the "foundations of the religion", rebuking those who hesitate in making it and branding them as Murji'ites.