Abbas Qumi

Abbas Qomi
Religion	Shia Islam
Other names	Sheikh Abbas Qomi or Muhaddith Qomi
Personal
Born	1877 Qum, Iran
Died	1941 Najaf, Iraq
Senior posting
Based in	Qum, Najaf
Title	Grand Ayatollah
Period in office	1877 - 1940

Abbas Qomi (Persian: عباس قمی‎‎) also known as Muhaddith Qomi (Persian: محدث قمی‎‎) was a Shia scholar, historian, and hadith narrator. He wrote many books and Mafatih al-Janan is his famous book which can be found at every Shia mosque and houses.

Abbas Qomi was born on 1877 in the Qom, Iran. His father was Mohammad Reza. Also, he had seminary knowledge and Qom's people came to him for learning. Therefore, Abbas was growth in this condition. He passed his childhood and adolescence period in the Qom and learned introductory courses from Mira Mohammad Arbab Qomi. On 1898, Abbas migrated to Najaf, Iraq to continue his study. He was student of Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi (Mohadis Noori) for four years. On 1904, according to request of Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi, Sheikh Abbas returned to Qom and began to teaching, writing, and preaching.

Shaikh Abbas was expert in the knowledge of hadith and for this reason known him as Muhaddith Qomi.

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

Muhaddith Qumi was an expert in the knowledge of hadith, biographical evaluation, and history of Ahl al-Bayt. He wrote 45 works which his important works are mentioned in below table:

Abbas Qumi for Mafatih al-Janan is bestselling author in the Iran.

Abbas 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.

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