This hadith was recorded by at-Tirmidhi and others. Ibn Majah also has recorded something similar to it. In English, it may be found in a number of works, including Mishkat al-Masabih.
This hadith is well-known among the scholars of hadith to be a weak hadith. Most of them consider the actual listing of the names as a later addition by one of the narrators of the hadith and some narrators mistakenly included it as part of the hadith. Among those scholars who reject this hadith as weak are at-Tirmidhi, al-Baihaqi, ibn Hazm, al-Dawudi, ibn Taymiya, ibn Katheer, ibn Hajr, al-Juwaini, ibn Baz, al-Albani, ibn Uthaimin and Abdul Qadir al-Arnaut.
However, it must be noted that there is an authentic hadith with the following wording, that does not include the listing of the names of Allah: Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever ahsaha will enter Paradise. (Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim)
SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS
A problem that results from the above hadith -- which seems to be the basis for the posters that are made of the ninety-nine names of Allah -- is that it contains some names which are not considered names of Allah. That is, ignoring this weak hadith, there is no authentic hadith or Quranic verse that offers evidence that those names are from the names of Allah. Since the names of Allah must be based on revelation from Allah (the Quran and Sunnah), if there is no authentic proof for specific names, they cannot be called one of the names of Allah. An example from the above hadith is the name al-Rasheed. There is no Quranic verse or authentic hadith that states this name. Hence, one cannot claim it as a name of Allah. Other commonly heard names that apparently are not from the names of Allah are al-Baqi, al-Sitaar and al-Naasir.
It should be noted that the hadith states that Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one, is not meant to be all inclusive. That is, it does not mean that Allah has ninety-nine and only ninety-nine names. Indeed, in going through the Quran and authentic hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) many scholars have been able to discover more than ninety-nine names of Allah. Furthermore, many scholars have concluded that Allah has an infinite number of names. This opinion is based on the following hadith. The Prophet (peace be upon him) made the following supplication, "[O Allah], I ask you of you by every name that You have named yourself or that You have revealed in Your book or that You have taught any of Your creation or that You have kept hidden, in the unseen knowledge, with Yourself." (Recorded by Ahmad, According to al-Albani, it is sahih.)
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: There are ninety-nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd numbers." (Muslim #6475)
Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 8:419, Narrated Abu Huraira
Allah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one,
and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, will enter
Paradise; and Allah is Witr (one) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd numbers).
1. Allah
2. al-Rahman (The Compassionate)
3. al-Rahim (The Merciful)
4. al-Malik (The King, The Sovereign)
5. al-Quddus (The Holy)
6. al-Salam (The Author of Safety)
7. al-Mu'min (The Giver of Peace)
8. al-Muhaimin (The Protector)
9. al-'Aziz (The Strong)
10. al-Jabbar (The Compeller)
11. al-Mutakabbir (The Majestic)
12. al-Khaliq (The Creator)
13. al-Bari (The Maker)
14. al-Musawwir (The Fashioner)
15. al-Ghaffar (The Great Forgiver)
16. al-Qahhar (The Dominant)
17. al-Wahhab (The Bestower)
18. al-Razzaq (The Sustainer)
19. al-Fattah (The Opener, The Reliever, The Judge)
20. al-'Alim (The All-Knowing)
21. al-Qabid (The Retainer, The Withholder)
22. al-Basit (The Enlarger)
23. al-Khafid (The Pleaser)
24. al-Rafi' (The Elevator)
25. al-Mu'izz (The Honourer)
26. al-Mudhill (The Humiliator)
27. al-Sami' (The All-Hearing, the Hearer)
28. al-Basir (The All-Seeing)
29. al-Hakam (The Judge)
30. al-'Adl (The Just)
31. al-Latif (The Subtle)
32. al-Khabir (The Gracious, The Aware)
33. al-Halim (The Clement, The Forebearing)
34. al-'Azim (The Mighty)
35. al-Ghafur (The Forgiving)
36. al-Shakur (The Grateful, The Appreciative)
37. al-'Aliyy (The High, The Sublime)
38. al-Kabir (The Great)
39. al-Hafiz (The Preserver/Protector) [see Qur'an 42:6]
40. al-Muqit (The Protector, The Guardian, The Feeder, The Sustainer)
41. al-Hasib (The Reckoner)
42. al-Jalil (The Beneficent)
43. al-Karim (The Bountiful, The Gracious)
44. al-Raqib (The Watcher, The Watchful)
45. al-Mujib (The Responsive, The Hearkener)
46. al-Wasi' (The Vast, The All-Embracing)
47. al-Hakim al-Mutlaq (The Judge of Judges)
48. al-Wadud (The Loving)
49. al-Majid (The Glorious)
50. al-Ba'ith (The Raiser [from death], The True)
51. al-Shahid (The Witness)
52. al-Haqq (The Truth, The True)
53. al-Wakil (The Trustee)
54. al-Qawiyy (The Strong)
55. al-Matin (The Firm)
56. al-Waliyy (The Protecting Friend)
57. al-Hamid (The Praiseworthy)
58. al-Muhsi (The Counter)
59. al-Mubdi (The Originator)
60. al-Mu'id (The Reproducer)
61. al-Muhyi (The Restorer, The Giver of Life)
62. al-Mumit (The Destroyer)
63. al-Hayy (The Alive)
64. al-Qayyum (The Self-Subsisting)
65. al-Wajid (The Perceiver)
66. al-Wahid (The One)
67. al-Samad (The Independent)
68. al-Qadir (The Capable)
69. al-Muqtadir (The Dominant)
70. al-Muqaddim (The Promoter)
71. al-Mu'akhkhir (The Retarder)
72. al-Awwal (The First)
73. al-Akhir (The Last)
74. al-Zahir (The Manifest)
75. al-Batin (The Hidden)
76. al-Wali (The Governor)
77. al-Muta'ali (The High Exalted)
78. al-Barr (The Righteous)
79. al-Tawwab (The Relenting)
80. al-'Afuww (The Forgiver)
81. al-Muntaqim (The Avenger)
82. al-Ra'uf (The Compassionate)
83. Malik al-Mulk (The Owner of Sovereignty)
84. Dhu'l Jalal wa'l-Ikram (The Lord of Majesty and Bounty)
85. al-Muqsit (The Equitable)
86. al-Jami (The Gatherer, The Collector)
87. al-Ghani (The Self-Sufficient)
88. al-Mughni (The Enricher)
89. al-Mu'ti (The Bestower, The Giver)
90. al-Mani' (The Withholder)
91. al-Nafi' (The Propitious)
92. al-Darr (The Distresser)
93. al-Nur (The Light)
94. al-Hadi (The Guide)
95. al-Azuli (The Eternal)
96. al-Baqi (The Everlasting)
97. al-Warith (The Heir)
98. al-Rashid (The Guide to the Right Path)
99. al-Sabur (The Patient)
"...as soon as we make our consciousness
completely engaged in the service of the supreme consciousness, that is
our liberated position. That is our liberated position. And in that liberated
position, whatever we do, there is no reaction. That is transcendental
position.
So what Çré
Kåñëa says here? That karma-jam, karma-jam, that “Every,
your any work which you are performing, that is creating some reaction
for future enjoyment or suffering. But if you act intelligently, in collaboration
with the supreme consciousness, then you’ll be free from this bondage of
birth, death, old age and diseases and, in your next life... This is a
training period. This life will be a training period, and as soon as you
are fully trained up, then the next result will be that after giving up
this body you come to My kingdom.” Tyaktvä dehaà punar janma
naiti mäm eti kaunteya.
So this is
the whole process. So that sort of business which will lead us to the position
when we shall be dovetailed, we shall be dovetailed with the supreme consciousness...
Just like this morning I was giving an example. Just like one motorcar
is passing on in sixty miles’ speed, and a cyclist also going on. If the
cyclist catches the motorcar, he can also proceed with the same speed,
sixty miles’ speed, without even pedalling. Similarly, if we can join our
consciousness with the supreme consciousness, then our whole life becomes
successful. That is the point. Now, how to join it? The religion. The whole
worldly religious process is the same, I mean to say, experimental or formulas
or rituals so that one may become dovetailed with the supreme consciousness.
Every religion. But if we become attracted by the rituals only or formulas,
and quarrel on that point that, “Oh, my Bible says like this,” or I say,
“No, my Vedas says like this,” and the Muslim, Musselman, says that “No,
my Koran says like this. Your is not right,” then we become attached to
the rituals only. We forget, we forget the right point. The right point
is... The whole process is how to dovetail, how to dovetail myself with
the supreme consciousness. Going to the church, it is not a formality,
but real thing is to elevate myself gradually, to dovetail myself to the
supreme consciousness of God. That is the real formula. So Kåñëa
says that karma-jaà buddhi-yuktä hi. When we are engaged in
such a way, then we get rid of this janma-bandha-vinirmuktäù.
And next çloka is yadä te moha-kalilaà, gantäsi
nirvedaà çrotavyasya çrutasya ca: “When you are elevated
to that platform, dovetailing yourself with the Supreme consciousness,
then there is no more requisition for understanding the scriptures or the
rituals or the religious process. You have, you are transcendental to that,
all these paraphernalia.” Yadä te moha-kalilaà buddhir vyatitariñyati:
“When your consciousness is dovetailed in cooperation with the supreme
consciousness, then you are transcendental to the position of this illusory
stage.” Yadä te moha-kalilaà buddhir vyatitariñyati,
tadä gantäsi nirvedam: “At that time you become callous to all
these rituals because your position and your activities are fixed up.”
Çrotavyasya çrutasya ca: “Whatever you have heard and whatever
you have to hear in the future, all finishes.”
Therefore
the whole thing depends how to adjust ourself to that supreme consciousness.
And if we cannot... The next verse in the Çrémad-Bhägavata
says that,
Names of Allah in Arabic and Their Sanskrit Synonyms
1.- Allah- that of which there is no other - Adwaita
2.- Al-Rahma, the compassionate - Dayadhara
3.- Al-Rahim, the merciful - Kripadhara
4.- Al-Malik, the king - Raja
5.- Al-Kudus, the pure - Pavitram
6.- Al-Salam, whose nature is secure from defects - Acyuta
7.- Al-Momin, the shelter - Asraya
8.- Al-Muhaimin, the witness - Saksi Gopal
9.- Al-Aziz, the powerful and incomparable - Rama
10.-Al-Jabbar, the benefactor - Dina dayal
11.-Al-Mutacabbir, the mighty doer - Maha-Karta
12.-Al-Khalid, the creator - Brahma
13.-Al-Adil, the just - Yama
14.-Al-Mussawir, the giver of likeness - Mukunda
15.-Al-Ghaffar, the pardoner - Patita-pavana
16.-Al-Kahhar, the backbreaker of tyrants - Asurari
17.-Al-Wahhab, the perpetual bestower - Nityada
18.-Al-Fattah, the opener of the doors of mercy on His
servants - Kripadoya
19.-Al-Alim, the omniscient - Visnu, Paramatma
20.-Al-Kabid, the taker of souls - Manohar
21.-Al-Rafi, the uplifter - Samuddharta
22.-Al-Muizz, the giver of greatness - Janardana
23.-Al-Mudhil, the ruiner - Shiva
24.-Al-Khabir, the knower - Tattva-jñan
25.-Al-Halim, the clement - Kripavan
26.-Al-Adhim, the great - Parama
27.-Al-Shacur, the giver of rewards to the grateful -
Dhanada
28.-Al-Ali, the most high - Parama-param
29.-Al-Hafidh, the guardian- Raksak
30.-Al-Mukit, the giver of strength - Balada
31.-Al-Jalil, the glorious - Jayasri
32.-Al-Rakib, the keeper of watch - Paramatma
33.-Al-Wasi, the expander - Vardhanakrit
34.-Al-Hacim, the knower - Sarvavit, Jñanavan
35.-Al-Wadud, the friend- Sarva-Bandhu
36.-Al-Wajid, the finder of all perfections - Gunarnava,
Purnah
37.-Al-Haqq, the truth - Satyaraj
38.-Al-Wakil, the assumer of servants' affairs - Bhakta
das
39.-Al-Kawiy, the strong - Balavan
40.-Al-Matin, the firm - Adi-Guru
41.-Al-Muhiy, the causer of life - Jivakaranam
42.-Al-Mumit, the causer of death - Marakaranam
43.-Al-Kaiyum, the live maker of creation - Mula-prakriti
44.-Al-Wahid, the One - Ekanath
45.-Al-Samad, from whom all desires are supplicated -
Govinda
46.-Al-Kadir, the Lord of power - Saktiman
47.- Al-Maktadir, the Lord of Might- Vibhuman
48.-Al-Awwal, the first - Anadih
49.-Al-Akhir, the last - Ekanta
50.- Al-Batin, whose reality is hidden - Acintya
51.-Al-Wali, the master of all - Paramesvara
52.-Al-Barr, the doer of good - Subhakrit
53.-Al-Afuw, the eraser of sins - Papanash
54.-Al-Ghani, the independent - Svaraj
55.-Malik-ul-Mulci, the ruler of countries - Desapati
56.- Al-Waliy, the enabler of true believers - Bhakta-vatsala
57.-Al-Nur, the maker of light and giver of light - Jotisvara
58.-Al-Hadi, the director - Isvara
59.-Al-Badi, the incomparable - Atulapati
60.-Al-Baki, the eternal - Nityam
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