The following year, Ayatollah Haeri-Yazdi transferred the Islamic seminary to the holy city of Qom, and invited his students to follow. Imam Khomeini accepted the invitation, moved, and took up residence at the Dar al-Shafa school in Qom before being exiled to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq.
A wannan lokaci, bisa gayyatar da malaman Kum suka yi masa, Ayatullah Hajj Shaikh Abdulkarim Ha'iri ya yi hijira daga garin Arak zuwa Kum. Bayan wani lokaci kuma sai Imam Khumaini, sakamakon irin kokarin da yake da shi da kuma gama karatunsa na share fage a garuruwan Arak da Khumain, yayi hijira zuwa birnin Kum don ba da tasa gudummawar wajen karfafa sabuwar makarantar Hawzar garin.