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Topic: Concerning Allah's Names
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 UmmRajaa
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as-salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
I have a question concerning Allah's Names, I read that Allah t'ala has ninety nine names that He mentioned in His book or revealed to His Messenger salaAllahu alaihi wa salaam, is this saheeh or daeef? I was told that Allah t'ala has more than this and that He has names that was not revealed to us, etc. Can someone help me with this is information? Jazakum Allah khairan
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From www.spubs.com (translated from Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen's books on Names and Attributes)
THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE: There is no specific number for Allaah?s Names
The proof for this is the saying of the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) in the well-known du?a:
"I ask you by every Name that you have named Yourself with, or which You revealed in Your Book, or which you taught to anyone from amongst Your creation, OR WHICH YOU KEPT TO YOURSELF IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN" [Ahmad, Ibn Hibbaan and it is saheeh]
So whatever Allaah has kept to Himself of His Names, it is not possible for anyone to count their exact number.
As for the hadeeth, "To Allaah belong 99 Names, whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise", then this is not a proof that Allaah only has 99 names. The hadeeth says that there are 99 specific Names of Allaah which if enumerated, memorised acted upon etc.. will cause a person to enter Paradise. It did not say; "The Names of Allaah are 99, whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise."
To illustrate this, If I said: "I have 100 pounds which I have kept aside for charity." This does not prevent the fact that I also have other pounds which I did not keep aside for charity.
It is not established either from the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) that he listed the 99 names mentioned in the above hadeeth. In fact all the hadeeths which have the above wording, but then go on to list the names are all da?eef, as explained by Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo ul-Fataawaa (vol 6).
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JazakaAllah khairan for providing this information.
Umm Rajaa
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17-10-2002 @ 12:00 AM
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17-10-2002 @ 12:00 AM