How can one know the Beautiful Names of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
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The questioner : Well, I would like to ask you: if we do not know the Beautiful Names of Allah in their entirety, and we want to count them or speak of them—meaning, the question is, how do we know the hundred names?
The Shaykh : These are not known except by tracing them back to those who are among the scholars of knowledge, such as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, who compiled them in his book *Fath al-Bari*. So whoever is eager to know them should refer to it.
The questioner : I am asking because we know that the one who knows the hundred names will enter Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The answer is not that it is a matter of a list written on paper that you memorize and then enter Paradise. No, the matter requires effort, knowledge, and tracing.
The Shaykh : These are not known except by tracing them back to those who are among the scholars of knowledge, such as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, who compiled them in his book *Fath al-Bari*. So whoever is eager to know them should refer to it.
The questioner : I am asking because we know that the one who knows the hundred names will enter Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The answer is not that it is a matter of a list written on paper that you memorize and then enter Paradise. No, the matter requires effort, knowledge, and tracing.
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