The Hadith of the Ninety-Nine Names and Learning Them
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the hadith of Abu Hurayrah that Allah has ninety-nine names indicate that the names of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah are only ninety-nine? And if there are more, is it obligatory for us to learn them?
Answer:
The Qur'an contains many names, but one takes ninety-nine from the Qur'an, learns their meanings, studies them, remembers Allah with them, and supplicates to Him with them. It does not mean that the Qur'an contains only ninety-nine; it contains more.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the hadith of Abu Hurayrah that Allah has ninety-nine names indicate that the names of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah are only ninety-nine? And if there are more, is it obligatory for us to learn them?
Answer:
The Qur'an contains many names, but one takes ninety-nine from the Qur'an, learns their meanings, studies them, remembers Allah with them, and supplicates to Him with them. It does not mean that the Qur'an contains only ninety-nine; it contains more.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [50] — alfawzan.live (1:04:19)
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