hope that you can believe what you are reading, because I cannot find
more than 98 names in the dhikrs for morning and evening. I asked some
colleagues at work whose knowledge of Islam I trust, and I could not
get a definitive answer from them. I hope that you could do me the
honour of sending to me all the beautiful names of Allaah, and that
you can tell me of the attributes of Allaah which are not regarded as
being among those names, so that I can benefit others and dispel this
widespread mistake.
Praise be to Allaah.
Knowledge of the namesand attributes of Allaah is of major importance
in the life of the Muslim. Through them the Muslim may come to know
about his Creator, may He be exalted, and through this knowledge he
may attain all aspects of Tawheed.
In the answer to question no. 4043 we have explained the importance of
knowing the names of Allaah, mayHe be exalted. Please refer to this
question.
Secondly:
The names of Allaah are not limited to a specific number. There is a
saheeh report from which some people understand that Allaah has only
ninety-nine names. This report was narrated bu al-Bukhaari (2736) and
Muslim (2677) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), and
says that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Allaah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one.
Whoever learns them will enter Paradise."
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated that the scholars
were unanimously agreed that the names of Allaah are not limited to
this number. In the answer to question no. 41003 wehave quoted the
evidence that they cannot be limited to this number, as well as the
comments of the scholars refuting those who say that the names of
Allaah are limited to this number.
In the answer to question no. 48964 you will find a detailed
discussion of the guidelines concerning the names that may correctly
be applied to Allaah, may He be exalted.
The hadeeth which is narrated by al-Tirmidhi, listing these
ninety-nine names is a da'eef (weak)hadeeth. It was classed as da'eef
by Imam al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) himself and others.
Al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said,after narrating the hadeeth:
This is a ghareeb hadeeth (i.e., it is weak, as is the apparent
meaning of his words here). It was narrated to us by more than one
person from Safwaan ibn Saalih, but we only know of it through Safwaan
ibn Saalih, and he is thiqah (trustworthy) according to the scholars
of hadeeth. This hadeeth was also narrated by more than one person
from Abu Hurayrah, fromthe Prophet , but in many reports we do not
know of any saheeh isnaad mentioning the names except this hadeeth.
Adam ibn Abi Iyaas narrated this hadeeth with another isnaad from Abu
Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
in which he mentioned the names of Allaah, but its isnaad is not
saheeh.
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 5/530– 532
The hadeeth was also classed as da'eef by al-Haafiz ibn Hajr in
al-Talkhees al-Habeer, 4/172. He also narrated that Ibn Hazm,
al-Bayhaqi and others classed it as da'eef.
And it was classed as da'eef by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may
Allaah have mercy on him) in Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 22/482.
Many scholars have striven to derive the names of Allaah from
theQur'aan and Sunnah. One of these scholars is Shaykh Muhammad ibn
Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, in his book al-Qawaa'id al-Muthla fi Sifaat
Illaahi wa Asmaa'ihi'l-Husna. In this book he lists the names of
Allaah in the Qur'aan and Sunnah according to his findings. You can
find these names in his book by clicking on the following link:
http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/books/article_16821.shtml
Thirdly:
With regard to the attributes of Allaah, may He be exalted, they are
more than can be listed here. In the answer to question no. 39803 we
have discussed this matter in more detail. Please refer to this
question.
In the book mentioned above, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have
mercy on him) has discussed some useful principles concerning the
attributes of Allaah, may He be exalted, which you will find by
clicking on the followinglink:
http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/books/article_16822.shtml
With regard to striving to learn them according to what is narrated in
the Qur'aan and Sunnah,some scholars have striven to list the
attributes that are mentioned in the Qur'aan and Sunnah. One of the
best books that have been written on this topic is the book of Shaykh
'Alawi ibn 'Abd al-Qaadir al-Saqqaaf: Sifaat Allaah 'azza wa jall
al-Waaridahfi'l-Kitaab wa'l-Sunnah. You can read this book on his site
by clicking on the following link:
http://dorar.bet/book_view.asp?book_id=2939
And Allaah knows best.
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