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Are "Ya Hannan, Ya Mannan" among the attributes of Allah and not among His names, and is there anything in the Quran, Prophetic Hadith, or Hadith Qudsi that proves this?

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"Al-Mannan" is one of the names of Allah the Almighty. A man once supplicated using it, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "He has supplicated to Allah by His Greatest Name, which if He is supplicated by, He answers, and if He is asked by, He gives." As for "Al-Hannan," its being a name of Allah the Almighty has not been established in the authentic , and Malik disliked supplicating with it. However, the attribute of 'hanan' (tenderness/compassion), meaning mercy, has been established for Allah the Almighty, based on His saying: ﴿AND COMPASSION FROM US﴾ [Maryam: 13]. Ibn Abbas interpreted it as mercy, and Ibn al-A'rabi also interpreted it as the Merciful, or affection and mercy, or provision and blessing.

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