Hassan Tabataba'i-Qomi

Abstract is: Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (Arabic: حسن الطباطبايي القمي; Persian: حسن طباطبايى قمى; 1912–2007) was a prominent Shia marja' who was born in Najaf. He was known as Seyyed Hassan Qomi. Seyyed Hassan was inhabitant in Mashhad, and was opposing (against) Pahlavi reign. He is the son of Seyyed Hussein Qomi, and the brother of Seyyed Taqi Qomi. Seyyed Hassan had teachers, amongst: Mohammad Hussein Naini, Seyyed Hussein Qomi, Mohammad Hussein Qaravi Esfahani, Sheikh Kazem Shirazi, Mirza Mohammad Aqazadeh. He has repeatedly criticized the velayat-e faqih, and because of his critique, the Iranian government, beginning with Ruhollah Khomeini, placed him under house arrest from 1984 until his death in 2007. His younger brother Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi is also a Twelver Shia Marja'.