Traditions concerning Virtues of City of Qom

Virtues of cities are of those issues that act as the origin of many of the fictional traditions. In this paper we try to evaluate the document and texts of traditions concerning the virtues of the holy city of Qom. These traditions first narrated by Hasan bin Ali bin Hussayn bin Musa bin Babawayh Qommi (Sheikh Saduq's middle brother), an ascetic hermit servant of Allah – who had no knowledge of fiqh (jurisprudence) - to Hassan bin Mohammad bin Hasan Saib Ashari Qomi. After centuries, these traditions were introduced in hadith collections by later authors, such as Allama Majlisi, Sheikh Hurr Amily, Mirza Husayn Nuri and became known as hadith literature. Most of these accounts have poor documentation and unreliable texts.