Abbas Qomi ( fa, عباس قمی) also known as ''Mohaddith Qomi'' ( fa, محدث قمی) was a
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam
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scholar, historian, and
hadith
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narrator.
He wrote books, including
Mafatih al-Janan.
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Biography
Abbas Qomi was born in 1877 (1294 AH) in Qom, Iran
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.[Qomi, Al-Fawaed al-Razawiah, P. 221] In 1904, according to a request from Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi
Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi ( fa, عبدالکریم حائری یزدی; ar, عبد الكريم الحائري اليزدي ; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of ...
, he returned to Qom and began teaching, writing, and preaching.[
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Teachers
Muhammad Kazim Khurasani
Ayatullah Sheikh Muhammad Kazim Khurasani ( fa, ; 1839 – 12 December 1911), commonly known as Akhund Khurasani ( fa, ) was a Shia jurist and political activist.
He is known for using his position as a Marja as legitimizing force behind th ...
, Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim Tabatabai, Sheikh Taqi Shirazi, and Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi were his teachers at the Najaf seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy ...
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Books
Qomi wrote 45 works, including:[
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Death
Qomi died on 21 January 1941 at the age of 63 years. He was buried in the Imam Ali Shrine
The Sanctuary of Imām 'Alī ( ar, حَرَم ٱلْإِمَام عَلِيّ , Ḥaram al-ʾImām ʿAlī), also known as the Mosque of 'Alī ( ar, مَسْجِد عَلِيّ, Masjid ʿAlī), located in Najaf, Iraq, is a mosque which many Musl ...
, Najaf near his teacher, Mohadis Noori.[
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See also
* List of Maraji
Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of Maraji:
* List of current Maraji''
* List of deceased Maraji''
See also
*Marja'
*Ijtihad
*Hawza
*Risalah (fiqh)
*List of Ayatollahs
This i ...
* Ziyarat
In Islam, ''ziyara(h)'' ( ar, زِيَارَة ''ziyārah'', "visit") or ''ziyarat'' ( fa, , ''ziyārat'', "pilgrimage") is a form of pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants (including the Shī'ī Im� ...
References
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Hadith scholars
Shia scholars of Islam
People from Qom
1877 births
Year of death unknown
1941 deaths