According to hadith there is a special group of 99 names, but no enumeration of them. Thus the exact list is not agreed upon, and the names of God (as adjectives, word constructs, or otherwise) exceed a total of 99 in the Quran and Sunnah.
According to a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, some of the names of God have also been hidden from mankind.
A widely accepted hadith in Sahih Muslim states:
Abu Hurairah reported Allah's Messenger Muhammad (may peace be upon him) 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. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar [the words are]: "He who enumerated them"." — Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri, Sahih Muslim.
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