Abbas Qomi

{{Short description|Iranian Islamic scholar and historian (1877–1941)}}

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| name = Abbas Qomi عباس قمی

| image = Sheikh Abbas Qumi.jpg

| caption = Sheikh Abbas Qomi

| religion = Islam

| alias = Abbas Qomi, or Muhaddith Qomi

| location = Qom, Najaf

| Title = Grand Ayatollah

| Period = 1877 - 1940

| denomination = Shi'a

| creed = Twelver

| jurisprudence = Ja'fari

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| occupation = Islamic Scholar (Muhaddith)

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| birth_date = 1877

| birth_place = Qom, Iran

| death_date = 1941

| death_place = Najaf, Iraq

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Abbas Qomi ({{langx|fa|عباس قمی}}) also known as Mohaddith Qomi ({{langx|fa|محدث قمی}}) was a Shia scholar, historian, and hadith narrator.{{cite book|author=Baqer Moin|title=Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2OL9IEXaAgC&pg=PA316|year=1999|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-85043-128-2|page=316}}{{cite book|author=Ali Rahnema|title=Pioneers of Islamic Revival|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bmz9y2osH1YC&pg=PA68|year=1994|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-85649-254-6|page=68}}{{cite web | url=http://isfahan.iqna.ir/en/news/2040197/45-works-by-muhaddith-qomi-to-be-released- | title=45 Works by Muhaddith Qomi to Be Released | publisher=isfahan.iqna.ir | accessdate=16 May 2016}} He wrote books, including Mafatih al-Janan.{{cite book|author=Professor Ali Rahnema|title=Shi'i Reformation in Iran: The Life and Theology of Shari'at Sangelaji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hObBCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|date=28 May 2015|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-3416-6|page=126}}

Biography

Abbas Qomi was born in 1877 (1294 AH) in Qom, Iran.Qomi, Al-Fawaed al-Razawiah, P. 221 In 1904, according to a request from Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi, he returned to Qom and began teaching, writing, and preaching.{{cite web | url=http://nbo.ir/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%82/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%82%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%82%D9%85%DB%8C__a-22-121-284.aspx | title=Biography of Abbas Qomi | accessdate=16 May 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/history/shaikh-abbas-qummi.html | title=Shaikh Abbas Qummi | date=21 July 2008 | publisher=islamic insights | accessdate=16 May 2016}}

Qomi is a bestselling author in Iran.

Teachers

Muhammad Kazim Khurasani, Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim Tabatabai, Sheikh Taqi Shirazi, and Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi were his teachers at the Najaf seminary.

Books

Qomi wrote 45 works, including:

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Name || Subject
Muntahi al-Amal{{cite book|author=Ali Rahnema|title=Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzTzAuk1D-8C&pg=PA173|date=6 June 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49562-2|page=173}}The book narrates the life of Muhammad and his descendants.
Manazil al-Akhirah{{cite web | url=http://www.erfan.ir/english/81599.html | title=Sheikh Abbas Qomi | publisher=The official website of Ansarian | accessdate=16 May 2016}}Explanation of life after death
Nafasul Mahmum (Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala){{cite book|author=compiled form Wikipedia entries and published by Dr Googelberg|title=Islam|date=22 November 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXACBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA370|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-291-21521-2|page=370}}{{cite web | url=http://www.coiradio.com/library/library/pro_ahl/imam03_husain/nafasul_mahmoom/index.htm | title=NAFASUL MAHMOOM | publisher=The call of Islam Radio | accessdate=16 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=4788|title=An Introduction to the Book: Nafasal Mahmoom|publisher=Imam Reza Net|accessdate=March 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125051/http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=4788|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}The book is about event of Karbala. This book is translated into English.
Mafatih al-Janan (Keys to the Heavens)Collection of prayers and supplications narrated from the Ahl al-Bayt{{cite book|author1=Akbar S Ahmed|author2=Tamara Sonn|title=The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cN-fDiQl40C&pg=PA295|date=22 April 2010|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4462-6452-2|page=295}}

Death

Qomi died on 21 January 1941 at the age of 63 years. He was buried in the Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf near his teacher, Mohadis Noori.

See also

{{Portal|Islam|Shia Islam}}

References