What is the method of enumerating the names of Allah, as in the hadith: “Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine names, whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise”?
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As for the first question, its asker says: Is it authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Bulugh al-Maram 1382 and what is the method of enumerating them?
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Yes, it is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3508Sahih (Darussalam) But these ninety-nine, whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise. What does “enumerates them” mean? It means, first, that he knows them, that he knows these names.
Second, he acts upon them. If he knows them, he supplicates to Allah with them and seeks nearness to Allah through them,[Al-A'raf 7:180]. So you say, “O Merciful, have mercy on me; O Repentant, accept my repentance; O Forgiver, forgive me,” and so on, you supplicate to Allah with every name you know of the names of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and you seek nearness to Him through them. This is the meaning of enumerating them: counting them, then supplicating to Allah with them and believing in them. This is their enumeration. It is not meant by enumerating them that you merely count them, that you count ninety-nine only, but you count them and supplicate to Allah with them and seek nearness to Him through them, and you come to know Allah through these names that you have counted. Yes.
As for the first question, its asker says: Is it authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
"Verily! Allah has ninety-nine Names concerning which he who retains them in his memory will enter Paradise."
حديث إن لله تسعا وتسعين اسما من أحصاها دخل الجنة؟Answer:
Yes, it is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Indeed, Allah has.
إن لله.ninety-nine Names, whoever counts them shall enter Paradise.
تسعة وتسعين اسما من أحصاها دخل الجنة.The names of Allah are many, and none knows them except He.
أسماء الله كثيرة لا يعلمها إلا هو.Second, he acts upon them. If he knows them, he supplicates to Allah with them and seeks nearness to Allah through them,
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما كيفية إحصاء أسماء الله كما بحديث«إن لله تسعة وتسعين اسما من أحصاها دخل الجنة»؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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