Are the names of Allah the Exalted restricted to what is revealed, and are they ninety-nine names or more?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are the names of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) restricted to what is revealed? And are they ninety-nine names, or do they exceed that number?

Answer:
The names of Allah are restricted to what is revealed. Yes, one is not to be named except by what He named Himself with, or by what His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him with. This is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community: that one is to restrict oneself to the names of Allah and His attributes that came in the Book and the Sunnah, and nothing is to be added from our side. For Allah knows Himself best (Glorified and Exalted is He), and no one among the creation knows Allah better than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So, He is named by what He named Himself with, and by what His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him with. The names of Allah are innumerable; rather, among them are ninety-nine. The characteristic of the one who enumerates them is that he enters Paradise. That is, he knows them, knows their meanings, enumerates and counts them, knows their meanings, and acts upon them. As for the total count, the names of Allah are innumerable. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: His saying "or that which You have kept hidden in Your knowledge of the unseen" is evidence that there are names about which Allah did not inform His servants, and that He kept the knowledge of them to Himself (Glorified and Exalted is He).