Is what the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta (Fatwa Council) stated regarding the Most Beautiful Names of Allah correct, that the narration of Al-Tirmidhi is more preponderant in enumerating them and that they are not limited to the well-known ninety-nine names, and that scholars' attempts to specify the ninety-nine names are acceptable ijtihads (independent reasoning), while rejecting fanaticism to a particular opinion or nullifying what previous scholars relied upon, and that the names of Allah are tawqifiyyah (restricted to what is stated in scripture), and that knowledge of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah is acquired through three methods, with a preference for what is mentioned in the hadith of Al-Tirmidhi?
The preponderant view among meticulous scholars is the weakness of Imam At-Tirmidhi's hadith concerning the Beautiful Names [of Allah], and that Allah's Names are tawqifiyyah (i.e., known only through divine revelation). The most appropriate approach to identifying them is to follow what has been authenticated in the Qur'an and Sunnah, as Ibn 'Uthaymeen did by compiling 99 established names. Appreciating the efforts of past scholars is important, and one should not deny the choice of some scholars who favored what was preponderant to them based on evidence.
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