Is al-Sayyid among the names of Allah?

The questioner : ... And that time I told you that al-Sayyid is a name among the beautiful names of Allah, the ninety-nine names. It is not found in the Sahih of Ibn Majah, is it?

The Shaykh : This hadith regarding the beautiful names is, first, weak in its chain of narration and cannot be relied upon. Only its first part is authentic: , up to here only. As for the hadith in the other narration that lists the names, this addition is not authentic. First, in terms of the chain of narration, as we said, because al-Walid ibn Muslim al-Dimashqi narrated it alone, and he is a deceiver who conceals defects by making chains appear equal. Second, he did not exhaust the beautiful names. Then, here is a note that must be remembered and kept firmly in your minds: the authentic hadith I mentioned earlier, , does not mean that Allah does not have a hundred or more names. Rather, it means that whoever enumerates the ninety-nine will enter Paradise. It does not deny that Allah may have other names. If you know this fact, it cannot be an argument, even if that addition which enumerated the beautiful names were authentic, for that does not mean that Allah has only ninety-nine names. Is that clear?

The questioner : Clear. May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : The authentic hadith does not deny .

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : "Or that You have kept to Yourself." So, there are other names.