{{Short description|Iranian Islamic scholar and historian (1877–1941)}} {{Infobox religious biography | background = #006000 | name = Abbas Qomi | 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 | Predecessor = | Successor = | occupation = Islamic Scholar (Muhaddith) | ordination = | post = | birth_date = 1877 | birth_place = Qom, Iran | death_date = 1941 | death_place = Najaf, Iraq | website = | native_name_lang = fa | native_name = عباس قمی }}
'''Abbas Qomi''' ({{langx|fa|عباس قمی}}) also known as ''Mohaddith Qomi'' ({{langx|fa|محدث قمی}}) was a Shia scholar, historian, and hadith narrator.<ref name="Moin1999">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Rahnema1994">{{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}}</ref><ref name="iqna">{{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}}</ref> He wrote books, including Mafatih al-Janan.<ref name="Rahnema2015">{{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}}</ref><ref name="ii" />
== Biography == Abbas Qomi was born in 1877 (1294 AH) in Qom, Iran.<ref>Qomi, Al-Fawaed al-Razawiah, P. 221</ref> In 1904, according to a request from Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi, he returned to Qom and began teaching, writing, and preaching.<ref name="nbo">{{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}}</ref><ref name="ii">{{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}}</ref>
Qomi is a bestselling author in Iran.<ref name="Rahnema1994" />
== Teachers == Muhammad Kazim Khurasani, Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim Tabatabai, Sheikh Taqi Shirazi, and Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi were his teachers at the Najaf seminary.<ref name="ii" />
== Books == Qomi wrote 45 works, including:<ref name="iqna" /><ref name="ii" /> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! Name || Subject |- | Muntahi al-Amal<ref name="Rahnema2011">{{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}}</ref> || The book narrates the life of Muhammad and his descendants. |- | Manazil al-Akhirah<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.erfan.ir/english/81599.html | title=Sheikh Abbas Qomi | publisher=The official website of Ansarian | accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> || Explanation of life after death |- | Nafasul Mahmum (Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala)<ref name="Googelberg">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 | archive-date=18 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218215753/http://www.coiradio.com/library/library/pro_ahl/imam03_husain/nafasul_mahmoom/index.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> || The book is about event of Karbala. This book is translated into English.<ref name="ii" /> |- |Mafatih al-Janan (Keys to the Heavens)<ref name="Rahnema2011" /><ref name="iqna" /> || Collection of prayers and supplications narrated from the Ahl al-Bayt<ref name="AhmedSonn2010">{{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}}</ref> |}
== 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.<ref name="nbo" /><ref name="ii" />
== See also == {{Portal|Islam|Shia Islam}} * List of maraji * Ziyarat
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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