Mahmoud Ansari Qomi ( fa, محمود انصاری قمی) is an Iranian cleric.
Early life
He was born around 1921 to a family in
Qom
Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...
. Lost his father at age ten and under the tutelage of his brothers, initial lessons learned. Mahmoud Ansari in young individuals to study in
Najaf and the area was great training. He studied under Tehran scholars and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei in
Najaf.
Professors
He trained under masters including:
* Syed Abdul Hadi Shirazi
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Muhsin al-Hakim
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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
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Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani (March 20, 1899 – December 9, 1993) was an Iranian Shia Muslim and '' marja scholar and was born in 1899 in Gogad village near the city of Golpaygan, Iran. He was taught preliminary studies by his ...
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Ahmad Khonsari
Ahmad Khonsari, also Aḥmad Khvānsārī, or Khvunsārī ( fa, احمد خوانساری, 1887–1985) was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah and attained marja status after the death of marja Boroujerdi in 1961. In contrast to the other maraji of ...
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
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Agha Bozorg Tehrani
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Shahab al-Din Mar'ashi Najafi
Islamic revolution
He was arrested before the
Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...
in 1963. He played an important role in encouraging Najaf scholars. Around 1964 he moved to Tehran.
Social service
He helped establish dozens of mosques and two hospitals.
Death
He died on 12 March 1999 at age seventy-seven. He was buried in the
Sheikhan cemetery in Qom.
References
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People from Qom
Iranian writers
Iranian Shia scholars of Islam
Iranian Shia clerics
Burials at Sheikhan cemetery
1921 births
1999 deaths