Sheikh Ahmad
Shaykh Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í (Arabic) (Mayu 1753-27 Yuni 1826), wanda aka fi sani da Shaykh Ahmad ko al-Ahlah'í, sanannen masanin tauhidi ne kuma lauya wanda ya kafa makarantar Shaykhí mai tasiri na Shi'a goma sha biyu, wanda ya ja hankalin mabiya daga ko'ina cikin Daular Farisa da Ottoman.

Ya kasance ɗan asalin yankin Al-Ahsa (Kudancin Larabawa na Gabas), ya yi karatu a Bahrain da cibiyoyin tauhidi na Najaf da Karbala a Iraki.  Ya shafe shekaru ashirin da suka gabata na rayuwarsa a Iran, ya sami kariya da tallafawa daga sarakunan daular Qajar.  Kakanninsa sun kasance Sunnis.

Shaykh Ahmad ya rabu da makarantar Usuli a kan mahimman batutuwa da suka shafi eschatology, rawar da ulama ke takawa, da kuma fassarar da ta dace na hadisi mai ban mamaki na Imamai goma sha biyu. Wadannan bambance-bambance, a cewar masanin Bahá'í Peter Smith, sun haifar da zarge-zargen ridda daga mambobin Orthodox na Shia ulama, kuma lokuta na tsanantawa a kan Ahsá'í da mabiyansa sun faru a lokacin da kuma bayan rayuwarsa. Koyarwarsa ta kasance mai rikitarwa, saboda haka sau da yawa yakan yi Taqiyya yana ɓoye ra'ayoyinsa masu rikitarwa daga abokan hamayyarsa.

A yau, yawan Shaykhí suna riƙe da 'yan tsiraru a Iran da Iraki. Bayan mutuwar magajin Shaykh Ahmad, Kazim Rashti, Shaykhís da yawa sun tuba zuwa Bábism da bangaskiyar Bahá'í; shugabannin Shaykhí biyu suna ci gaba da kasancewa da daraja sosai ga Babis da Bahá'ís, ana ganin su a matsayin masu gabatarwa na ruhaniya ga addinin su.

Tarihi

Rayuwa ta farko 
Ba a rubuta komai game da rayuwar Shaykh Ahmad ba, sai dai an haife shi a al-Ahsa, a arewa maso gabashin tsibirin Larabawa, ga dangin Shi'i da kakannin Sunni a ko dai a shekara ta 1166 AH (1753 AZ), ko 1157 AH (1744 AZ). Labarin Nabíl, tarihin bangaskiyar Bahá'í, ya bayyana farkawarsa ta ruhaniya kamar haka:

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Haɗin waje 

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