{"id":314,"date":"2013-10-31T20:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T00:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-10-31T20:06:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T00:06:58","slug":"allamah-qadi-thanaullah-uthmani-panipati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Allamah Qadi Thana\u2019ullah \u2018Uthmani Panipati"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nAllamah Qadi Thana\u2019ullah \u2018Uthmani Panipati<\/b>\n<\/div>\n

By \u2018Allamah \u2018Abd al-Hayy ibn Fakhr al-Din Hasani[1]<\/a>\u00a0(d. 1341 AH\/1922 CE)<\/b>
\nTranslated by Abu \u2018Asim Badrul Islam<\/b>
\nThe great\u00a0shaykh<\/i>, the\u00a0imam<\/i>, the\u00a0\u2018allamah<\/i>, the\u00a0muhaddith<\/i>\u00a0Thana\u2019ullah \u2018Uthmani Panipati\u00a0[2]<\/b><\/a>(d. 1225 AH\/1810 CE) was one of the most erudite scholars [of undivided India]. He was from the progeny of Shaykh Jalal al-Din \u2018Uthmani, through whom his family tree reaches [the Blessed Companion] \u2018Uthman ibn \u2018Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). He was born, and grew up, in the town of Panipat where he memorised the Holy Qur\u2019an and studied Arabic for a while with the teachers of the town. He then travelled to the city of Delhi and studied under the [legendary master and\u00a0imam<\/i>] Shaykh Wali Allah ibn \u2018Abd al-Rahim \u2018Umari Dehlawi, [better known as \u2018Shah Waliullah\u2019,] from whom he acquired the science of hadith. He studied\u00a0Fatihah al-Faragh\u00a0<\/i>with the Imam at the young age of eighteen years. Thereafter he adopted the company of Shaykh Muhammad \u2018\u00c0bid Sanami, from whom he received training in\u00a0tariqah<\/i>. Through the training imparted by the latter Shaykh, Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati reached the level known intariqah\u00a0<\/i>as the \u2018annihilation of the heart\u2019 (fana\u2019 al-qalb<\/i>). He then turned to the great\u00a0shaykh\u00a0<\/i>[Mirza Mazhar] Jan-e-Janan \u2018Alawi Dehlawi, who trained him to the final stage in the\u00a0Mujaddidiyyah tariqah<\/i>. Shaykh Jan-e-Janan had tremendous affection toward, and love for, Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati and gave him the title of\u00a0\u2018Alam al-Huda\u00a0<\/i>(the flag of guidance). He said regarding Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati: \u201cAwe from his piety and\u00a0taqwa<\/i>\u00a0has engulfed my heart. He is one who implements and propagates the\u00a0Shari\u2019ah<\/i>, illuminatestariqah<\/i>\u00a0and possesses angelic traits. Even the angels revere him.\u201d He once said: \u201cIf Allah were to seek from me a gift, I would present Thana\u2019ullah to Him.\u201d In recognition of his oceanic knowledge of fiqh and hadith [the\u00a0imam<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0muhaddith<\/i>] Shaykh \u2018Abd al-\u2019Aziz ibn [Imam] Wali Allah Dehlawi gave him the title of \u2018Bayhaqi of the age\u2019
\nShaykh Ghulam \u2018Ali \u2018Alawi Dehlawi says in his book\u00a0al-Maqamat<\/i>: \u201c[Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati] was second to none amongst his contemporaries in\u00a0taqwa<\/i>\u00a0and piety.\u00a0He used to exert himself in his devotions to Allah, praying a hundred\u00a0raka\u2019at\u00a0<\/i>and reciting a seventh (hizb<\/i>) portion of the Holy Qur\u2019an every day. All this he used to do alongside other forms of\u00a0dhikr<\/i>,\u00a0muraqabah\u00a0<\/i>(meditation) and his preoccupation with teaching, lecturing, writing and adjudication.\u201d He says elsewhere in the same book: \u201cWith his sharp and clear intellect, fine acumen and extraordinary personality he had reached the stage of\u00a0ijtihad\u00a0<\/i>in fiqh and usul. He had authored a detailed book in fiqh, in which he elaborated each\u00a0mas\u2019alah\u00a0<\/i>with its source and substantiating evidences whilst pointing out the opinions of the four Imams [in fiqh] in that particularmas\u2019alah<\/i>. He had also authored a smaller book entitled\u00a0al-Akhdhu bi \u2018l-Aqwa<\/i>\u00a0in which he recorded all the stronger opinions of the schools of fiqh. He had also authored an exegesis (tafsir) of the Holy Qur\u2019an in seven large volumes.[3]<\/a>\u201d
\nShaykh Muhsin ibn Yahya Tarhuti says in\u00a0al-Yani\u2019 al-Jani<\/i>: \u201c[Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati] was a jurist (faqih<\/i>), a jurisprudent (usuli<\/i>), one who had renounced the world (zahid<\/i>) and a\u00a0mujtahid<\/i>. He had his own opinions in the [Hanafi] school of law. He authored magnificent works in fiqh, tafsir, and zuhd. His\u00a0shaykh<\/i>was proud of him.\u201d
\nHis famous works include:\u00a0al-Tafsir al-Mazhari\u00a0<\/i>in seven volumes, a two-volume detailed book in hadith,Ma la budda minhu<\/i>[4]<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>in Hanafi fiqh,\u00a0al-Sayf al-Maslul\u00a0<\/i>in refutation of the Shi\u2019ah,\u00a0Irshad al-Talibin\u00a0<\/i>in tasawwuf,\u00a0Tadhkirat al-Mawta wa \u2018l-Qubur<\/i>,\u00a0Tadhkirat al-Ma\u2019ad<\/i>,\u00a0Haqiqat al-Islam<\/i>, a treatise on the ruling on singing and music, a treatise on the unlawfulness of the practice of\u00a0mut\u2019ah<\/i>[5]<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a treatise on\u00a0\u2018ushr\u00a0<\/i>andkhiraj<\/i>\u00a0and a few other treatises.
\nHe passed away during Rajab 1225 AH (1810 CE) in his home town of Panipat. [May Allah\u00a0subhanahu<\/i>grant him and all the masters mentioned in this article the highest Paradise.]<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a>\u00a0He was the father of the\u00a0Imam al-Da\u2019wah<\/i>\u00a0Shaykh Mawlana Sayyid Abu \u2018l-Hasan \u2018Ali Hasani Nadwi (d. 1420 AH\/1999 CE \u2013 may Allah grant them both Paradise. Trans.)
\n[2]<\/a>\u00a0This brief biography has been translated from the unique Arabic biographical dictionary of the luminaries of undivided India,\u00a0al-I\u2019lam bi man fi Tarikh al-Hind min al-A\u2019lam<\/i>, the\u00a0magnum opus<\/i>\u00a0of the famous Islamic historian \u2018Allamah \u2018Abd al-Hayy ibn Fakhr al-Din Hasani. (trans.)
\n[3]<\/a>\u00a0Entitled\u00a0al-Tafsir al-Mazhari<\/i>, this splendid book has seen countless publications, the most recent of which has been in 10 volumes from Dar Ihya\u2019 al-Turath al-\u2019Arabi in Beirut. It is currently scheduled for publication by Idarat al-Qur\u2019an in Karachi. In the introduction to his noble father\u2019s monumental Urdu tafsir,\u00a0Ma\u2019arif al-Qur\u2019an<\/i>, \u2018Allamah Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani writes regarding\u00a0al-Tafsir al-Mazhari<\/i>:
\n\u201cThis is a work of \u2018Allamah Qadi Thana\u2019ullah Panipati (d. 1225 AH). He had named this tafsir\u00a0al-Tafsir al-Mazhari<\/i>\u00a0after the name of his\u00a0shaykh\u00a0<\/i>and mentor in\u00a0tariqah<\/i>, Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janan Dehlawi (may Allah treat him with His infinite mercy and compassion). This tafsir is very simple and comprehensible. It is extremely useful in learning succinct explanations of Qur\u2019anic verses. Alongside elucidations of words used in the Holy Qur\u2019an, the author has also cited relevant reports and narrations in ample detail. Compared with other works of tafsir, he has endeavoured to accept reports and narrations only after thorough scrutiny.\u201d (Ma\u2019arif al-Qur\u2019an<\/i>, 1:58) (trans.)
\n[4]<\/a>\u00a0This book has enjoyed remarkable acceptance. It is a very popular book and is found in all Muslim communities and circles that are zealous of practicing the\u00a0Shari\u2019ah<\/i>. (Shaykh Mawlana Sayyid Abu \u2018l-Hasan \u2018Ali Hasani Nadwi)
\nThe book has been excellently rendered to English by Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo and published by UK Islamic Academy. It has been very aptly entitled\u00a0Essential Islamic Knowledge<\/i>. (trans.)
\n[5]<\/a>\u00a0This is the practice of temporary \u2018marriage\u2019 in which both the man and woman would enter into a contract (to have a sexual relationship) with the full knowledge and agreement that it would be temporary, and not a lifelong commitment as in a normal marriage. It used to be popular with Shi\u2019ah sects. (trans.)
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Allamah Qadi Thana\u2019ullah \u2018Uthmani Panipati By \u2018Allamah \u2018Abd al-Hayy ibn Fakhr al-Din Hasani[1]\u00a0(d. 1341 AH\/1922 CE) Translated by Abu \u2018Asim Badrul Islam The great\u00a0shaykh, the\u00a0imam,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biographies","wpcat-34-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}