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  "ar": "الفقيه الشافعي البعلبكي؛ قدم دمشق وتفقه على زين الدين عبد الرحيم بن غانم وسمع من الحافظ القاسم الدمياطي، وكان مناظراً يكثر الكلام ويستدل بغير ما به التدليل في الرامز من الأعيان، واتهم بحسب المصدر بمعاص وشهادات زور أثبتها عليه السلطان؛ قال السبكي: ما مر بي في الشافعية مثله {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 777}.",
  "en": "Shafi'i jurist of Ba'labakk; he came to Damascus and studied jurisprudence under Zayn al-Din Abd al-Rahim ibn Ghanim, and heard from the hafiz al-Qasim al-Dimyati. A disputant who talked at length and argued with other than the proper evidence, as in al-Ramiz among the notables. According to the source he was accused of sins and false testimonies that the sultan had established against him; al-Subki said: 'I have not come across the like of him among the Shafi'is' {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 777}."
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أحمد بن محسن الفقيه الشافعي البعلبكي؛ قدم دمشق وتفقه على زين الدين عبد الرحيم بن غانم وسمع من الحافظ القاسم الدمياطي، وكان مناظراً يكثر الكلام ويستدل بغير ما به التدليل في الرامز من الأعيان، واتهم بحسب المصدر بمعاص وشهادات زور أثبتها عليه السلطان؛ قال السبكي: ما مر بي في الشافعية مثله. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 777}"
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ahmad b. Muhsin, the Shafi'i jurist of Baalbek; he came to Damascus, read fiqh under Zayn al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim b. Ghanim and heard the hafiz al-Qasim al-Dimyati — a debater of much speech who would argue by what does not prove, in the signifying of the great; per the source he was accused of sins and false testimony which the sultan established on him. Al-Subki said: \"none like him passed me among the Shafi'is.\" {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 777}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "احمد بن محسن، بعلبک کا شافعی فقیہ؛ دمشق آیا، زین الدین عبد الرحیم بن غانم سے فقہ پڑھی اور حافظ قاسم دمیاطی سے سنا — کثیر گفتگو کرنے والا مناظر جو اعیان کے رامز میں ایسی دلیل دیتا جو نہ ثابت کرتی، اور ماخذ کے مطابق اس پر معاص اور جعلی گواہیوں کے الزامات تھے جو سلطان نے اس پر ثابت کیے؛ السبکی نے کہا: \"شافعیوں میں اس جیسا میرے سامنے سے نہیں گزرا\"۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 777}"
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