Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (Arabic: تقي الطباطبايي القمي Persian: تقى طباطبايى قمى, February 21, 1923–October 26, 2016) was an Iranian Shia marja'.[1][2] He, along with Ali al-Sistani, and Ali Falsafi, were among the only three people to receive a written statement declaring their ijtihad by grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.[3]
Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi | |
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السيد تقي طباطبائي القمي | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | February 21, 1923 |
| Died | October 26, 2016 (aged 93) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Parents | Hossein Tabatabaei Qomi (father) |
| Jurisprudence | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Relatives | Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (brother) Musa al-Sadr (nephew) |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Period in office | 1980–2016 |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Birth and Education
He was born in Mashhad, Iran. He is the son of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Tabatabaei Qomi (1865–1947) and the younger brother of Grand Ayatollah Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (1912–2007).
In 1936 he moved to Iraq and has studied in seminaries of Karbala and then Najaf under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Milani, ِAbd al-Hadi al-Shirazi, Hossein Heli, Mohammad Kazem Shirazi and especially Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. He obtained his Ijtihad in 1965 in Najaf.[4]
Then he started teaching in the Seminary of Najaf until 1979, when he moved back to Iran and resided in Qom. In Qom, he continued teaching in the Seminary of Qom until his death.
Publications
He has written close to 50 Islamic books (mainly in Arabic), most of which are now used as the main sources of teaching in the Seminaries of Qom and Najaf.[5][6]
In 1984, his statements were published in a book by Abbas Hajiani Dashti with the title Lessons from pleading (درسهایی از شفاعت).[7]
Political views
He was one of the Independent Marja and didn't like to interfere in politics. He was among those Maraji that who declined to meet Ali Khamenei in September 2010.[8]
Personal views
- He did not like to open a personal website.
- He was among the critics of Ali Shariati's ideas, and thinks some of Shariati's ideas are against Islam.[9]
- Some of his Islamic views are mentioned in Theological answers (ردود عقائدية) website.[10]
Notes
- دیدار حضرت آیت الله العظمی قمی با حضرت آیت الله العظمی شیرازی
- ديدار حضرت آيت الله العظمي صافي با حضرت آيت الله العظمي قمي
- مرجعیت در گذشته ضوابط بیشتری داشت شفقنا
- گفت و گو با فرزند آیت الله العظمی خویی: فقیه استوار شخصیتی بزرگ و با تقوا که اسوه‌ای ازعلم و عمل است/ مرجعیت در گذشته ضوابط بیشتری داشت شفقنا
- تالیفات سید تقی طباطبایی قمی
- کتب سید تقی طباطبایی قمی
- درسهایی از شفاعت
- بيانيه شماره ۱۴ مدرسين و طلاب قم و نجف(متقن)
- آراء المراجع والمجتهدین فی شریعتی وکتبه المشکواه
- پاسخ به مسائل فقهی