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Are the names of Allah limited to ninety-nine?

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Question:
May Allah keep you safe. Are the names of Allah limited to one hundred? And what is the meaning of the hadith: "Indeed, Allah has one hundred names"
whoever counts them shall enter Paradiseمن أحصاها دخل الجنة
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3508Sahih (Darussalam)
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Answer:
Among the Names of Allah, it is obligatory to limit them to what has come in the texts. Whatever is established in the texts from the Qur'an and the Sunnah is named by it. The ninety-nine are included among them. Yes. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب الرخصة في اللباس الجميل واستحباب التواضع قيه — islamhouse.com (9:09)

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