- Names and Attributes of Allaah - Ruling on Reciting the Names of Allaah in certain combinations.

Number of people tell me if you say so-and-so X amount of times then
you will get such and such reward e.g. reciting the 99 names ofAllah
in certain combnations and quantities will do certainthings .
Praise be to Allaah.
This question was answered for us by Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Munayyi', who said:
"This is not permissible, and if he believes in it, itis bid'ah."
Every dhikr that involves reciting a certain number of times, or in a
certain place, or at a certain time, or in a certain manner, that is
not prescribed in sharee'ah, is bid'ah. With regard to the Most
Beautiful Names of Allaah, the way to use these in worship is to call
upon Allaah by theseNames, as He says (interpretation of the meaning),
"And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allaah, so call on Him
by them…" [al-A'raaf 7:180]. Merely reciting them in certain
combinations is not a prescribed form of worship. And Allaah knows
best.