By
Ash-Shaykh
Yahyaa bin 'Alee Al-Hajooree حفظه الله
Translated by Abee 'Abdil-Jaleel
From Abee
Hurayrah رضي اللّه عنـه: The Prophet صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said, “Allah has ninety−nine names,
one-hundred minus one, not one of you preserves them them except that he shall
enter Paradise. And Allah is witr and loves the witr.”1
(1) Allah (2) Al-Ilaah (3) Al-Hayy (4)
Al-Qayyoom
Allah
the Most High said,
ٱللَّهُ لَ
إِلَٰهَ إِلَّ
هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ
ٱلْقَيُّومُ
“Allah! Laa Ilaaha (Deity, God, that which deserves to be worshipped), illa Huwa, Al-Hayyu (the Ever
Living)
Al-Qayyum (the One Who sustains and protects all that exists) ...”2
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1 This narration is
agreed upon. It is found in the authentic collection of Imaam Bukhaaree; #6410,
and Imaam
Muslim; #2677. The
wording of the narration is that which is found with Imaam Muslim.
2
Soorah Al-Baqarah, 2:255