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'''A'zam mosque''' (Persian: {{ia|مسجد اعظم}}) in [[Qom]] is one the greatest [[mosque]] of [[Shi'ite]] Muslims which is located near the holy shrine of [[Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]]. The most crowded classes of [[seminary of Qom]] are held in this mosque. A'zam mosque was built by the support of [[Ayatollah Burujirdi]] and [[Husayn Lurzadeh]] was the architect of the mosque.

Ayatullah Burujirdi told Muhammad Taqi Falsafi that he had planned to buy the houses neighboring west and southwest of the holy shrine of [[Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]] to build a huge mosque. [[Seminary of Qom]], Astane square and a courtyard were situated around the holy shrine, which left only one side of the shrine with dark and old buildings which worried people. In addition, there was not a suitable place for performing [[congregational prayers]] and holding religious ceremonies in the shrine; therefore, [[Ayatullah Burujirdi]] decided to prepare the situation for building a grand mosque next to the shrine. As Muhammad Fadil Lankarni quoted, Ayatullah Burujirdi wanted to build a great mosque similar to [[Goharshad Mosque]] in [[Mashhad]] as he predicted [[Seminary of Qom]] would expand hugely, and it would be a better to have the required space near the holy shrine as a mosque. On the eleventh of Dhu al-Qi'dah 1373, concurrent with the anniversary of birthday of [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] the building of A'zam Mosque started and it took six years to finish the building the mosque. Ayatullah Burujirdi paid a part of expenses and the rest was paid by people's charities.