Abdolrahim Malekian (Naseh Qomshehei) Passes Away

We are saddened to learn that the father of Professor Mostafa Malekian (Haj Sheikh Abdolrahim Malekian) passed away this morning. We extend our condolences to him and all the bereaved.

The body of this pious scholar will be carried in a funeral procession today at 5 p.m. from the Aqa Neighborhood Tekyeh in Shahreza towards the Imamzadeh Shahreza (AS). On this occasion, a memorial service will be held tomorrow morning from 8:30 to 11:30 at the Aqa Neighborhood Tekyeh.

A memorial service will also be held in Tehran, details of which will be announced subsequently.

Biography:

▪️Haj Sheikh Abdolrahim Malekian, pen name Naseh Qomshehei, was born in the year 1302 Shamsi (1342 Qamari) in Shahreza (Qomsheh). After completing the six-year elementary school, he began studying Islamic sciences and teachings at the seminary of the same city; and after a few years, he went to Isfahan and studied at the seminary of that city under the tutelage of masters such as Haj Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi, Sadr Kubaei, and Haj Sheikh Abbasali Habibabadi. He then set out for the holy city of Qom and pursued the study of transmitted and intellectual religious sciences under masters such as Allameh Tabatabai, Ayatollah Borujerdi, Haj Sheikh Abbasali Shahroudi, Fakour Yazdi, and Mojahedi Tabrizi.

▪️ In the year 1341 Shamsi, he returned to his birthplace and, there, benefited from the presence of Haj Sheikh Mohammad Hadi Farzaneh, known as Hakim Farzaneh, who was among the leading figures of his time in Islamic philosophy and wisdom, especially in his knowledge of the Peripatetic school. Throughout all the years of his engagement with Islamic sciences and teachings, he also benefited from the insights of Hakim Elahi Qomshehei, who was his own cousin.

▪️ For many years, Master Naseh Qomshehei was engaged in teaching religious sciences, both intellectual and transmitted, as well as preaching and guiding the public in Shahreza. He had a great affinity and intimacy with Persian literature, especially the works of Rumi, Nizami, Saadi, and Hafez, and he himself had been testing his talent in Persian poetry since early youth. ▪️He passed away at the dawn of Shahrivar 4, 1397, at the age of 95, due to old age and illness.