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
| 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
| death_date = 1941
| website =
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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}}
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:
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}}