Sanaullah Panipati

{{Short description|Sunni Muslim scholar (1765–1847)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}} {{contradictory |about=dates |date=June 2025}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific_prefix = Qāzi | name = Muhammad Sanaullah Panipati | birth_date = 1730 | death_date = 1810 | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni]] | school_tradition = [[Maturidi]] | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] | Sufi_order = [[Naqshbandi]] | main_interests = [[Tafsir]], [[Tasawwuf]] | notable_works = ''[[Tafsir al-Mazhari]]'' | influences = [[Ahmed Sirhindi]], [[Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani]], [[Al-Ghazali|Ghazali]], [[Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan]], [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]] }} '''Sanaullah Panipati''' (1765–1847) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and an [[exegete]] from [[Panipat]] who authored the ''[[Tafsir al-Mazhari]]''. According to Islamic foundation Bangladesh, kazi Muhammad Sanaullah Panipathee was born in the year 1730 and died in the year 1810 Ref: Tafsir-e-Mazharee (1st volume); Page 17;Published by Director, Translation and Compilation Department, Islamic Fondation Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, published in June, 1997 ISBN:984-06-0375-2

==Biography== Pānipati was born in 1143 [[Hijri year|AH]], or 1795 A.D..<ref name="sahib">{{Citation |title=Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn |page=47}}</ref> Aged seven, he memorized the [[Quran]] and then completed the studies of [[hadith]] under [[Shah Waliullah]].<ref name="sahib"/> He became a "[[murid]]" of Muhammad Abid Sinani, and became a disciple of [[Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan]] after Sinani's death.<ref name="sahib"/>

Pānipati died in 1225 AH and was buried in [[Panipat]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn |page=48}}</ref>

==Literary works== *''[[Tafsir al-Mazhari]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.maktabah.org/en/item/920-tafsir-al-mazhari |title = تفسیر مظہری، اردو ترجمہ - Maktabah Mujaddidiyah}}</ref> *''[[Mala Budda Minhu]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/MaLaBuddaMinhufarsiWithUrduTranslation | title=Ma la Budda Minhu (Farsi with Urdu translation)}}</ref><ref>Qadi Thana'Ullah Panipati, Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo. ''Essential Islamic Knowledge (Mala Budda Minhu)'', UK Islamic Academy, 2003.</ref> (Translated into [[Urdu]] by [[Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ghaffari|first=Talib|title=Ma La Budda Minhu (Farsi With Urdu Translation)|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/75311484/Ma-La-Budda-Minhu-Farsi-with-Urdu-translation|website=www.scribd.com|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> and [[Ishtiaque Ahmad Qasmi]].<ref name="waqar">{{Cite web|url=https://qindeelonline.com/urdu-translation-of-mala-budda-minhu-review-by-waqar-ahmad/|title="Mā lā Budda Minhu Urdu" is a masterpiece of translation|date=22 June 2022|access-date=12 December 2023|website=|publisher=|last=Khagariawi|first=Muhammad Waqar Ahmad|language=ur}}</ref>) *[[Fasal e Khitab]] *[[Irshad al-Talibeen]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/IrshadAl-talibeenurduTranslation | title=Irshad al-Talibeen (Urdu translation)}}</ref> *[[Tazkara tul Miaad]] (Abridgment of [[Al badoor al Safira fi Amoor al Akhira]] by [[Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti]]) *[[Tazkara tul Uloom Wal Mua'arif]] *[[Khujista Guftaar Dar Manaqib e Ansar]] (A [[Risalah (fiqh)|risala]] about manaqib of [[Ansar (Islam)|ansar]] his maternal forefathers) *[[Taqdees ba Walid e Mustafa]] (Risala about the parents of Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]])

==Views== In his work ''Ma La Budda Minhu'',<ref name="Ullah-1985">{{cite book |last1=Ullah |first1=Muhammad Qazi Thanaa |title=The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape) |date=1985 |publisher=Kazi Publications |others=translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki}}</ref> Qadi Thanaullah emphasized that it is ''[[kufr]]'' (an act of unbelief) "to suppose that something other than Allah is the true creator of any part of creation". This applies to whatever a human being strives to build, create, or make happen, because it is actually not them but Allah who "creates that act and brings it into existence".<ref name="Ullah-1985-21-22">{{cite book |last1=Ullah |first1=Muhammad Qazi Thanaa |title=The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape) |date=1985 |publisher=Kazi Publications |others=translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki |pages=21–22}}</ref>

The [[God in Islam#Attributes|attributes of God]], (his throne, his hand and face, presence in the hearts of believers, descent into the lowest heaven) mentioned in the <blockquote>Quran and hadith must not be understood in their literal sense, and neither should we attempt to find interpretations ([[Ta'weel]]) for them. We should simply have faith in these things and ... we should entrust their interpretation to the knowledge of the Almighty. Man's lost in these matters ... is no more than ignorance and confusion."<ref name="Ullah-1985-21-22"/></blockquote>

He believed that the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Prophets]] and [[Angels in Islam|angels]] are ''ma'soom'' or divinely protected from wrongdoing, but not the [[Companions of the Prophet|Shaaba]] (companions of the prophets) or [[Ahl al-Bayt]] (family of Muhammad).<ref name="Ullah-1985-25">{{cite book |last1=Ullah |first1=Muhammad Qazi Thanaa |title=The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape) |date=1985 |publisher=Kazi Publications |others=translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki |pages=25}}</ref> However to believe that the [[Companions of the Prophet|Shaaba]] did not get along is "to deny the Quran".<ref name="Ullah-1985-29">{{cite book |last1=Ullah |first1=Muhammad Qazi Thanaa |title=The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape) |date=1985 |publisher=Kazi Publications |others=translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki |pages=29}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book |author1=Muhammad Hanīf Gangohi |title=Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn |publisher=Maktaba Dānish |location=[[Deoband]] |pages=47–49 |language=Urdu |chapter=Sāhib-e-Tafsīr-e-Mazhari}} {{Maturidi}} {{Hanafi scholars}} {{Authority control}}

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