If you had a clear beneath cloud base of a Thousand feet....and were IFR/IMC....with a backup AI with a back up power supply....is there a reason why you could not safely fly IMC?
Single Engine, single Generator....flat ground and known to be clear underneath....could you do it?
Granted with a Thousand Foot Ceiling and Three Miles vis...it would be VFR.
Less than Three Miles but say....One Mile vis.....could you do it without great risk?