The ruling on believing that each of Allah's names has a secret

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Question:
Among the questions of this questioner, she says: Your Eminence, does each of Allah's beautiful names have a secret that is revealed if a Muslim repeats it a certain number of times, as we hear from some scholars?

Answer:
We do not know of any basis for this. What is prescribed is to increase in the remembrance of Allah: La ilaha illa Allah, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi, Subhan Allah al-Azim. This is how Allah has prescribed it for us, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Two words which are light on the tongue and heavy in the Balance, and beloved to the Most Merciful: Subhan-Allah wa bi hamdihi, Subhan-Allahil-'Azim (Glory and praise is to Allah, glory is to Allah the Almighty).

كلمتان خفيفتان على اللسان، ثقيلتان في الميزان، حبيبتان إلى الرحمن: سبحان الله وبحمده، سبحان الله العظيم

Sunan Ibn Majah 3806Sahih (Darussalam)

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And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The dearest phrases to Allah are four: Subhan Allah (Hallowed be Allah), Al-Hamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), La ilaha illa-Allah (There is no deity but Allah), Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greater).

أحب الكلام إلى الله أربع: سبحان الله، والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله، والله أكبر

Sahih Muslim 2137a

, and he said:

SubhanAllah, wal-hamdulilah, wa la illaha ill-Allah, wa Allahu Akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa Billahil-aliy al-azim (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is none worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is Most Great, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah the Exalted and Magnificent )

الباقيات الصالحات: سبحان الله، والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله، والله أكبر، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

Sunan an-Nasa'i 924Hasan (Darussalam)

, and he said:

Faith has over seventy branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but God

الإيمان بضع وسبعون شعبة فأفضلها قول: لا إله إلا الله

Mishkat al-Masabih 5Muttafaqun 'alayh (Zubair `Aliza'i)

, and he said:

Whoever says: "There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs the praise, He gives life and He causes death, and He is over all things competent," ten times, is like one who has freed four slaves from the descendants of Isma'il.

من قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، يحيي ويميت، وهو على كل شيء قدير، عشر مرات، كان كمن أعتق أربعة أنفس من ولد إسماعيل

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3534Hasan (Darussalam)

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And he said (peace and blessings be upon him):

Whoever says: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lah al-mulk, wa lah al-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir, one hundred times in a day, it is for him the equivalent of freeing ten slaves, and Allah will write for him one hundred good deeds, and erase from him one hundred bad deeds, and he will be protected from the Shaytan on that day until evening, and no one will come with anything better than what he brought except a man who did more work than his work

من قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، يحيي ويميت، وهو على كل شيء قدير في يوم مائة مرة كانت له عدل عشر رقاب، وكتب الله له مائة حسنة، ومحا عنه مائة سيئة، وكان في حرز من الشيطان يومه ذلك حتى يمسي، ولم يأت أحد بأفضل مما جاء به إلا رجل عمل أكثر من عمله

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This is a great virtue! If one says:

'La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli sha'in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him; His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent),' he will have a reward equivalent to that for emancipating ten slaves, a hundred good deeds will be recorded to his credit, hundred of his sins will be blotted out from his scroll, and he will be safeguarded against the devil on that day till the evening; and no one will exceed him in doing more excellent good deeds except someone who has recited these words more often than him.

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير مائة مرة في يوم كانت كعدل عشر رقاب يعتقها، وكتب الله له مائة حسنة، ومحا عنه مائة سيئة، وكان في حرز من الشيطان يومه ذلك حتى يمسي، ولم يأت أحد بأفضل مما جاء به إلا رجل عمل أكثر من عمله

Riyad as-Salihin 1410

this is a great virtue.
And he said:

Whoever says: Subhan Allah al-Azim wa bihamdihi, in the morning or in the evening, one hundred times, his sins will be forgiven, even if they were like the foam of the sea

من قال: سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده حين يصبح، أو حين يمسي مائة مرة غفرت خطاياه، وإن كانت مثل زبد البحر

meaning: if one avoids major sins, on the condition of avoiding major sins, as the Exalted said:

If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins

إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ

[Al-Nisa: 31], yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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