What is the validity of the claim that the names of Allah are not based on revelation?

Question:
Some people say that the names of Allah are not based on revelation, but rather that if an attribute is not restricted or connected to something, such as rising above the Throne, a name is derived from it, even if it did not come in the Book or the Sunnah in the form of a name. What is your opinion?

Answer:
This is an incorrect statement. It is not permissible to speak about Allah without knowledge, or to attribute to Him names or attributes without evidence. We do not attribute to Allah except what He has attributed to Himself in His Book, or what His Messenger has attributed to Him in His Sunnah. We do not add anything from ourselves, nor do we deem certain things good and name Allah with them, adding to the established names and attributes of Allah in the Book and the Sunnah. We restrict ourselves to the Book and the Sunnah and do not intervene in these matters. I see some of the brothers who are beginners in seeking knowledge intervening in these matters. You must follow the methodology of the Salaf. The Salaf did not say anything from themselves; they only attributed to Allah what is in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah, and they restricted themselves to this. They restricted themselves to what came in the Book and the Sunnah and did not add to it, even if it appeared to them that it was a good thing. It is not permissible to speak about Allah without knowledge, and you should not say about Allah what you do not know. Yes.