Sanaullah Panipati

Sanaullah Panipati (1143 AH -1225) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and an exegete from Panipat who authored the Tafsir al-Mazhari.

Qāzi
Muhammad Sanaullah Panipati
Personal
Born1143 AH
Died1225 AH
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Main interest(s)Tafsir, Tasawwuf
Notable work(s)Tafsir al-Mazhari
TariqaNaqshbandi
Muslim leader

Biography

Pānipati was born in 1143 AH.[1] Aged seven, he memorized the Quran and then completed the studies of hadith under Shah Waliullah.[1] He became a "murid" of Muhammad Abid Sinani, and became a disciple of Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan after Sinani's death.[1]

Pānipati died in 1225 AH and was buried in Panipat.[2]

Literary works

Views

In his work Ma La Budda Minhu,[7] 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".[8]

The attributes of God, (his throne, his hand and face, presence in the hearts of believers, descent into the lowest heaven) mentioned in the

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."[8]

He believed that the Prophets and angels are ma'soom or divinely protected from wrongdoing, but not the Shaaba (companions of the prophets) or Ahl al-Bayt (family of Muhammad).[9] However to believe that the Shaaba did not get along is "to deny the Quran".[10]

References

  1. Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn, p. 47
  2. Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn, p. 48
  3. "تفسیر مظہری، اردو ترجمہ - Maktabah Mujaddidiyah".
  4. "Ma la Budda Minhu (Farsi with Urdu translation)".
  5. Qadi Thana'Ullah Panipati, Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo. Essential Islamic Knowledge (Mala Budda Minhu), UK Islamic Academy, 2003.
  6. "Irshad al-Talibeen (Urdu translation)".
  7. Ullah, Muhammad Qazi Thanaa (1985). The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape). translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki. Kazi Publications.
  8. Ullah, Muhammad Qazi Thanaa (1985). The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape). translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki. Kazi Publications. pp. 21–22.
  9. Ullah, Muhammad Qazi Thanaa (1985). The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape). translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki. Kazi Publications. p. 25.
  10. Ullah, Muhammad Qazi Thanaa (1985). The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, Ma La Budda Minhu (That from which there is no escape). translated by Maulana Yusuf Tala Li Al-Amriki. Kazi Publications. p. 29.

Bibliography

  • Muhammad Hanīf Gangohi. "Sāhib-e-Tafsīr-e-Mazhari". Zafrul Muhassilīn bi ahwāl il-Musannifīn (in Urdu). Deoband: Maktaba Dānish. pp. 47–49.


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