Gholamali Abbasi

Giving a brief account of hadith science in Qom and its school of hadith, the author of the present paper tries to describe Qom’s school of hadith in the age of Shiekh Kulayni. Thus, the author first introduces the Qomian students and agents of Imam Hasan Askari, peace be upon him and verifies their hadith status. He then studies scientific position of Qom in the era of minor occultation and explains about the relation of people of Qom with the agents of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him and finally concludes that Imam Mahdi's minor occultation was an honor for people of Qom. This city was important from different perspectives: culture, economy, politic and etc.