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'''ʿAbbās b. Muhammad Riḍā Qummī''' (b. 1294/1877 - d. 1359/1940), known as '''Shaykh ʿAbbās Qummī''' and '''Muḥaddith Qummī''', was a prominent [[Shiite]] figure in the 14th/20th century in the fields of [[hadith]], Islamic history, sermons (wa'z), and religious orations (khataba). He has authored many books in different domains the best-known of which are ''[[Mafatih al-jinan]]'', ''[[Safinat al-bihar]]'', and ''[[Muntaha al-amal]]''.

Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi died in 1359/1940 in Najaf, and was buried in the [[Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)|Imam 'Ali b. 'Abi Talib (a)'s holy shrine]].

Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi was born in 1294/1877 in [[Qom]]. His father, Muhammad Rida Qumi, was a religious person whom people consulted in order to know about their religious tasks. His mother, Banu Zinat, was a poius, religious woman.

Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi says about his mother: I have everything from my mother, since she always tried to breast-feed me with cleanliness ([[Tahara]]).

In his teens, Qumi was educated in Qom. Here are some of his teachers in Qom:

* Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Arbab Qumi

* Ayatollah Shaykh Abu al-Qasim Qumi

* Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Tabataba' Qumi, Shaykh 'Abbas's father in law

* Ayatollah [[Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i Yazdi]], the author of ''[[al-'Urwa al-wuthqa]]'' —a major Shiite book in the Islamic jurisprudence,

* 'Allama [[Mirza Husayn Nuri]], known as Muhaddith Nuri, the author of ''[[al-Mustadrak]]'',

* Ayatollah Mirza [[Muhammad Taqi Shirazi]]

* Ayatollah [[Sayyid Hassan Sadr Kazimi]]

* Ayatollah [[Sayyid 'Abu al-Hassan Naqawi Lucknowi]]

After the events in the [[Goharshad Mosque]] and the massacre of people and the exile of Haj Aqa Husayn Qumi, Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi returned to Najaf in 1354/1935, and stayed there until his death.

* ''[[Mafatih al-jinan]]''; the best-known work of Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi containing some prayers, pilgrimages, and psalms narrated from [[the Prophet (s)]] and [[Imams (a)]],

* A summary of the 11th volume of [''[Bihar al-anwar]]'' by al-'Allama al-Majlisi,

Shaykh 'Abbas died on Tuesday night, [[Dhu al-Hajja 22]], 1359/1940 in Najaf when he was 65 years old. [[Sayyid 'Abu al-Hassan Isfahani]] prayed on his corpse in the [[holy shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)]], and he was buried near his master, Muhaddith Nuri, in the shrine. [[Sayyid Muhsin al-'Amin]] writes: three mourning ceremonies were held for him in Najaf, [[Karbala]], and [[Kazimiya]].