Abbas Qomi () also known as ''Mohaddith Qomi'' () was a
Shia
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
scholar, historian, and
hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...
narrator.
He wrote books, including
Mafatih al-Janan
''Mafatih al-Jinan'' (), by Sheikh Abbas Qumi, is a Twelver Shi'a compilation of Qur'anic Chapters, Dua's, Taaqeebat (acts of worship after daily prayers), acts during Islamic months and days, supplications narrated from the Ahl al-Bayt and the ...
.
Biography
Abbas Qomi was born in 1877 (1294
AH) in
Qom
Qom (; ) is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. The city is ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
.
[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 (; ; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of an important Islamic seminary (hawza) in Qom, Iran.
Among his students was Ruhollah ...
, he returned to Qom and began teaching, writing, and preaching.
Qomi is a bestselling author in Iran.
Teachers
Muhammad Kazim Khurasani
Ayatullah Sheikh Muhammad Kazim Khurasani (; 1839 – 12 December 1911), commonly known as Akhund Khurasani () was a Shia jurist and political activist.
He is known for using his position as a Marja as legitimizing force behind the first dem ...
, 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 college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...
.
Books
Qomi wrote 45 works, including:
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 (), also known as the Mosque of 'Alī (), located in Najaf, Iraq, is a mausoleum which Shia and Sunni Muslims believe contains the tomb of 'Alī ibn Abī Tālib, a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the Islamic Pro ...
, Najaf near his teacher, Mohadis Noori.
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)
Risalah () is the Arabic wo ...
*
Ziyarat
''Ziyara(h)'' ( ''ziyārah'', "visit") or ''ziyarat'' (, ''ziyārat'', "pilgrimage"; , "visit") is a form of pilgrimage to sites associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his family members and descendants (including the Shī'ī Imāms), ...
References
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Hadith scholars
Shia scholars of Islam
People from Qom
1877 births
1941 deaths