The Meaning of the Hadith: (That Allah has ninety-nine names, and whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise)

The questioner : Regarding the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): What is the intended meaning of this hadith, or what is its content?

The Shaykh : The intended meaning is that these names, which number ninety-nine, as confirmed in the authentic hadith , are ninety-nine. "Whoever enumerates them" means whoever is able to extract and find them from the Qur'an and the hadith of the Messenger (peace be upon him). His reward for doing so is that he will enter Paradise. This is the meaning of "whoever enumerates them," meaning whoever sought them out from the Book and the Sunnah and was successful in finding them; for him is this reward. This is the meaning.

Another questioner : Our Shaykh, regarding the previous question, he asked, saying that he prayed the obligatory prayer in the mosque, meaning before the time?

The Shaykh : No, he said he prayed when the prayer was established, meaning the legal time of Fajr had entered, is that not so?The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, that was his question.

Another questioner : He is asking the opposite: if Fajr had not entered and he established the prayer at the incorrect time for Fajr, what is the ruling regarding this?

The Shaykh : He should pray voluntarily with them, then pray the obligatory prayer as we said, at home with his family. Yes, Abu Jabir?
Abu Layla : ... The same issue.

The Shaykh : No, we need to let him remember the question he forgot.