| Honorific Prefix: | Qāzi |
| Muhammad Sanaullah Panipati | |
| Birth Date: | 1143 AH |
| Death Date: | 1225 AH |
| 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, Ghazali, Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi |
Sanaullah Panipati (1143 AH -1225) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and an exegete from Panipat who authored the Tafsir al-Mazhari.
Pānipati was born in 1143 AH. Aged seven, he memorized the Quran and then completed the studies of hadith under Shah Waliullah. He became a "murid" of Muhammad Abid Sinani, and became a disciple of Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan after Sinani's death.
Pānipati died in 1225 AH and was buried in Panipat.
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]