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  "ar": "الأيكي العلامة شمس الدين",
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  "ar": "العلامة الفارسي الشافعي؛ كان فقيهاً صوفياً إماماً في الأصلين، ورد دمشق ودرّس بالغزالية وشرح منطق «مختصر ابن الحاجب»، ثم سافر إلى مصر فولي مشيخة الشيوخ بها فتكلم فيه الصوفية فخرج منها وعاد إلى دمشق؛ ورماه الإمام أبو حيان بالإلحاد وعدّه فيمن اشتهر بذلك — على ما نقله ابن العماد مع قوله والله أعلم {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 767-768}.",
  "en": "The learned Persian Shafi'i, a Sufi jurist and imam in both foundational disciplines; he came to Damascus and taught at the Ghazaliyya, expounding the logic of Ibn al-Hajib's *Mukhtasar*; then he went to Egypt and held the headship of the shaykhs there, but the Sufis spoke against him, so he left and returned to Damascus. The imam Abu Hayyan branded him a heretic and counted him among those known for it, as Ibn al-Imad reports, adding 'and God knows best' {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 767-768}."
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   "note": "توفي بالمزة يوم الجمعة قبيل العصر ثالث شهر رمضان {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 768}."
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   "note": "توفي بالمزة يوم الجمعة قبيل العصر ثالث شهر رمضان {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 768}."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الآيكي العلامة الفارسي الشافعي؛ كان فقيهاً صوفياً إماماً في الأصلين، ورد دمشق ودرس بالغزالية وشرح منطق «مختصر ابن الحاجب»، ثم سافر إلى مصر فولي مشيخة الشيوخ بها فتكلم فيه الصوفية فخرج منها وعاد إلى دمشق؛ ورماه الإمام أبو حيان بالإلحاد وعده فيمن اشتهر بذلك — على ما نقله ابن العماد مع قوله والله أعلم. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 767-768}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Al-Ayki, the Persian scholar of the Shafi'is; a jurist-sufi, imam of the two sources — he came to Damascus, taught at the Ghazzaliyya, commented on the logic of Ibn al-Hajib's Mukhtasar, then travelled to Egypt and held its mashyakhat al-shuyukh — the sufis spoke against him, so he left it and returned to Damascus. Imam Abu Hayyan charged him with ilhad, counting him among those famed for it — as Ibn al-'Imad relays it, adding: and God knows best. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 767-768}"
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    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "الآیکی، فارسی علامہ شافعی؛ فقیہ صوفی اور دونوں اصولوں میں امام — دمشق آیا، غزالیہ میں درس دیا، ابن الحاجب کے مختصر کی منطق شرح کی، پھر مصر گیا اور وہاں مشیخۃ الشیوخ سنبھالی — صوفیوں نے اس پر گفتگو کی تو نکل کر دمشق لوٹ آیا؛ امام ابو حیان نے اس پر الحاد کا الزام لگایا اور اسے اس میں مشہور لوگوں میں شمار کیا — جیسا ابن العماد نے نقل کیا اور ساتھ کہا: اللہ بہتر جانتا ہے۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 767-768}"
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