 Today's topic, insha'Allah, is what I'm going to speak about, is what Allah has said. Today's topic, insha'Allah, is what Allah has said. Is the virtues and the importance in knowing the names of Allah SWT and His characteristics. How important is it that we know Allah's names? And what are the virtues in knowing the names of Allah and His characteristics? What virtue come with it? Because some of you may think to yourselves, what would it benefit me if I knew Allah's names? How would that affect my day-to-day life? What benefit would it bring forward to me? I hope insha'Allah after this lecture it will answer your question. And you will know the importance of knowing Allah's names and how it will affect your life once you do know His names. And you know its meaning and what it entails. My plan insha'Allah is to mention 16 points. There are more than that, that can be mentioned. But I will mention 16 points with their evidences. In how important it is to know Allah's names and the virtues that are in it. And how it can affect your day-to-day life. How it can affect your perception in this world. And the way that you live your life. The first one. Asma'Allah al-Husna, Allah's great and noble names. Min a'zami asbab edukhuli jannah. One of the greatest ways to enter jannah is knowing Allah's names, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Isn't it? Isn't it not? What brought you here today? What made you want to listen to this lecture? To enter jannah. Isn't that what you want? Knowing Allah's names, subhanahu wa ta'ala. And living by it is one of the ways to enter jannah. Rather it's from one of the greatest ways to enter it. Min a'zami asbab edukhuli jannah. The Messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam he said, Lillahi tis'atun wa tis'ru nasman. Allah has 99 names. The Prophet said this. Mi'atun illa wahidah. La yahfaduha ahadun illa dakhal al-jannah. No one memorizes those 99 names except he what? Except that he enters jannah. No one memorizes it. Another Rewa'ayah says, Min a'zahadakhal al-jannah. Anyone who narrows down these names has all of these names he will enter jannah. But some people they think memorizing these names means you know it off the top of your head only. And that is not the case. It doesn't just mean that. It also means that you live by what these names mean. For example from the names of Allah is Allah. Ismullahi al-a'zam. This name Allah what does it mean? Ma'luh ima'bud. The one that should be worshipped alone. That's what it means. So if you're saying I memorized the 99 names of Allah and then you're worshipping other than Allah. Have you really memorized the name of Allah? Do you fall under the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ here? Whoever memorizes it will enter jannah. Min a'zahadakhal al-jannah. No you won't. Because the hivr means memorizing it from the top of your head and also living by it. And coming with what it means. So the first point that we take from knowing Allah's names is that anyone who memorizes it and lives by it will enter jannah. Number two. The names of Allah. Asma'ullahi al-husna to a'rifuka billahi ta'ala. The names of Allah will allow you to know who Allah is. If you want to know Allah through his names you can know him. By studying his names you know him. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Wa l-idhaalika. The companion, Abi Ka'bin, radiallahu ta'ala anhu, he said that the polytheists said to the Prophet ﷺ, the pagans, they said to the Prophet ﷺ, Ya Muhammad, inshiblana rabbak. Give us your Lord's lineage. Where does he go back to? Where is his father? Tell us where he's from. And then what came down was qulhu wallahu ahad. Allahu samad. Lamyalit wa lamyulad wa lamyakullahu kufwan ahad. In that is Allahu samad. Lamyalit wa lamyulad. Wa lamyakullahu kufwan ahad. Idan ahad is in there. Al-samad is in there. This surah which has Allah's names in it, it defined for us and allowed us to know who Allah is. Allah is a samad. Allahu tabarak wa ta'ala is ahad. Suratul ikhlas. Number three, knowing the names of Allah, the virtue that comes from it, the benefits that come from it, the third one is asma'u allahil husna aslu kulli ibadah. The foundation of every ibadah is connected to the names of Allah, the foundation of every single ibadah is connected to what? Knowing the names of Allah, the great scholar, the great imam, when he spoke about the importance of knowing Allah's names, he said, some scholars said he said, the greatest thing Allah made obligatory on His slaves is to know Him. The greatest obligation Allah placed on us is to know Him. If the people they know Allah, they worship Him. And then look, he bought the evidence for it. He said, and know everyone, that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. It is obligatory on every single Muslim to know the names of Allah, that they know the names of Allah, and its meanings. So they can glorify, they can venerate Allah the way He deserves to be glorified and venerated. Anyone who knows, for example, Allah is high and kind, Allah is shy. From the characteristics of Allah, He is shy. And Allah is generous. If the person comes to know that, does it not affect his ibadah in a positive way? It does. What does it do? He is hoping Allah increases. So knowing Allah's current name, knowing this, that he is shy, and that he is generous, comes with an ibadah which is vital, which is what? Al-Raja, hope. The person who then have hope in Allah, and his desire in Allah increases. That's why the Prophet, he said, O Lord, Allah is shy. Allah is generous. Allah is shy from His slave. In what? If He raises His hands, and He turns His hands away without giving you what you are asking for. Allah is shy to do that. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Then when the person comes to know that, this is the characteristics and the attribute of Allah, what does it increase? It increases your hope in Allah, and increases your desire in wanting to turn to Him first. So this point which is knowing Allah's names, what does it do? Aslu kulli ibadah. It's the foundation of every ibadah. You're not able to come with ibadah al-Raja. Unless you have what? Knowledge of Allah's names. Number four. One of the greatest ways in a person's dua being accepted. One of the greatest ways for a person's dua to be accepted is what? One of the greatest ways for a person's dua to be accepted is what? It is knowing Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Look what Allah said in the Quran. Allah has what? Allah has noble names. For Allah, there are majestic. There are noble names. Here the scholars, they take from it when the person is asking Allah for good, then he should use those names of Allah that indicate that meaning. Are we all together? He should not say, Oh Allah, forgive me the one who is severe in his punishment. No. The person should say, Meaning, Cool on to Allah with his names, that which is befitting for the context and what you're asking for. When the person does that, the chances of their dua being accepted is very high. Look what the Prophet of Allah used to say. He used to do Allah's names. He used to say I ask you, oh Allah, through what? All of the names which you own. I'm asking you, oh Allah, through what? Through your names. Which names? The one you gave yourself, oh Allah. Or the names that you have sent down in your book you've mentioned in the Quran. Or the names which you have taught a creation from your creations. Or or or or a name that you have chosen not to tell anyone and you are the only one who knows. I also ask you on that name as well. So what we take from this is Allah's names are what? They are more than? They are more than 99. That there are more. Because the Prophet said He said Those names you have chosen to keep and you've kept it in the unknown knowledge. No one knows it. I also ask you those names. So look at the messenger and then he goes and he asks until he carried on his dua. But look at that. Before he made the dua which is, oh Allah, made the Quran the spring of my heart. Where did he start with? Then he asked Allah based on what? Whatever he wanted. The reason why he did that, sallallahu alayhi was sallam, is first of all he was following the ayah wa lillahi al-asba'u l-husnah fad'uhu biha. Number two is what? Through the names of Allah the dua, the chances of it being done by Allah. So what we take from this is that the word is the name of Allah. The name of Allah is the name of Allah. And the chances of it being accepted is very high. It is what? It is high. Number five. Allah loves subhanahu wa ta'ala Inna allaha yuhibbu man ahabba asma'ahu al-husnah Anyone who loves Allah's names who is always willing to learn it who is studying it, he's giving it time. Allah loves the one who loves his names. If you are always wanting to know the name of Allah you're studying it. You're giving it importance. Allah loves you. There is a story Aisha radiallahu ta'ala on her she said ba'athah rasulullah ba'athah rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa salamah that the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa salamah he sent aiman sariyah. He sent aiman wa kana yaqara uli ashabi fisa laatihim. The man would lead a prayer. He would read a surah. fa yakhtimu radiallahu anhu and whenever he would finish whatever surah he wanted to read before he went to the ruku'ah he would read qulhu allahu had. Every day. Every time. Every prayer he would do this. fa labma raja'u when the people came back to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa salamah they told him what happened or when this man didn't or what he does. He reads he reads a surah and what does he do? He reads surah to the ikhlas after it. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa salamah he said saluhu li ayy shay'in yasna'udalik ask this man what is it that's making him do this? Why is he choosing to do this? And so they went and they asked him and then he said li anna'a sifatur rahman these are the characteristics of ar-rahman Allah. lam yalit wa lam yulit wa lam yakullahu kufu wa n'ahad an'as-samad an'ahad these are the characteristics of my Lord wa an'a u'hibbu and I love an aqara'a biha to read these characteristics I love it. So he loves the names. He loves the characteristics this noble companion. Fa qale nabiyu sallallahu alaihi wa salamah the messenger then said a'khbeeruhu tell him an'a laha yuhibbu Allah loves him. Tell this man Allah loves him. In another wedding and another rivaya the man said inni u'hibbuha Why do you read this surah after every recitation after every surah that you read? Why do you finish it with kulluhu allahu a'had? He said because I love it. The messenger then said love that you hold for this surah has entered you into jannah. The love that you have for this surah suratul ikhlas Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has chosen to place you into jannah. So knowing Allah's names and attributes this is the virtue and the blessings and the greatness that he holds. Number six asking Allah specifically to uplift from you distress and hardship. I mean we I did mention dua in general but I felt it was important that we also mentioned the pain and the agony a person may endure in their life. The humum and the korub the hardship and the stress that you may go through in your life if you use Allah's names it's one of the greatest chances or the greatest means for it to be uplifted from you dua'u Allahi bi asma'ihi l-husna a'zamu asbabitafriju l-kurubi wa zawali l-humumi Look what the prophet said ma'a saba a'hadan qattun hamun wa la hazanun no one goes through hardship as in stress and they go through anxieties and etc fa qalad and the person says Allahumma oh Allah india abeduk I am your slave ibn abdika the son of your slave ibn amatika the son of your female slave narsiyati biedik my affairs is in your hands narsiyah means the front of the hair I mean you're controlling my affairs all of my affairs is in your hand narsiyati biedik mardin fiyah hukmuk all the judgments they fully apply on me I can't repel it whether it be the ahkam ul qadariya or the ahkam ul sharariya they all follow me the universal rulings or the legislative rulings they all apply on me oh Allah abdilun fiyah qadauk you are fair in your judgments oh Allah I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you I ask you In another hadith Ibn Abbas narrated, the prophet, he said, whenever he would be going through a kerb, a hardship, he would say, this is what the prophet would say, different words, different words, that there is none worthy of worship. All of these are words. It's a names of Allah. Whenever the messenger would go through Hajj, he would make this dua. He would say, so he would use the times of Hajj, the names of Allah. Number six, asma'u-Llahi al-Husna, Allah's names, once you know it, you have knowledge of all sciences, not in details, but you have the reality of what's knowledge is. Knowing Allah's names gives you the opportunity and allows you to have the reality of what's out there, the reality that is out there. Why? Because Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is the one who possesses the knowledge of everything, true or false. And the more you study the one that knows everything, Allah knows brothers, what has happened in the past. Allah knows what's happening now. Allah knows what's going to happen in the future. Allah even knows that which hasn't happened. If it was to happen, the way it would happen. He knows it, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. It hasn't happened. It will not even happen, but he knows if it was to happen, how it would happen. When the disbelievers, the day of judgment, they come and they say, oh Allah, give us a second chance. Let us go back to the world. We promise you, oh Lord, that we will fix up and they will follow your command. What does Allah say? If they were being taken back to the world again and they were given a second chance, they are liars. They would carry on from where they left off. They would not change. Has that happened? Has that happened? Were they given a second chance? No. But does Allah know what's going to happen if they were given a second chance? This is from the knowledge of Allah who is Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, which is infinite. So knowing him, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, that much allows you to know a lot. It allows you to know a lot. Because Allah is what? Oh Allah, the first there was no one before you. Nothing before you. The one who is the beginning and the end knows everything. You learn everything. You learn, you learn everything. The reality of things. Number eight, knowing Allah Ta'ala's names is the real meaning of where khashya comes from. Khashya comes from really knowing Allah Azawajal. To have khashya, to have humility, to have fear in your heart. It really comes from knowing who Allah is. It does. That is why the people who truly fear Allah Ahu, the scholars, why does Allah say that the people, let's ponder on the verse. Let's actually explain what the verse means. What does the verse say? The verse says, In the Arabic language, ulama should have come before the word Allah in the sequence of how the grammar and in the Arabic structure. English language, it's a what? It's a subject, verb, object context. English subject comes first, and then the verb comes, and then the object comes. So it's an S-V-O language. You understand? Subject comes first, then the verb, and then the object. When you grammatically analyze the sentence. No, the Arabic language, the verb comes first, and then the subject, and then the object. If that sequence gets changed in the Arabic language, if the sequence gets changed, one goes before the other, there comes out from it a benefit, which is known as khasr, exclusivity. If that sequence changes, the subject goes before the verb. Are we all together brothers? What happened? The meaning becomes exclusivity, and I'll explain that in more details now. Let's look at the verse now. Who is the one who is, what is the action that's taking place here? What's the verb that's happening here? What is it? Khashya. Khashya is the verb. The fear is the verb that's happening here. Okay, who's doing it? The ulama are doing it. So Arabic, what did we say? It's verb, which is khashya, inna ma yakhsh Allah, yakhsh came, okay. Who are the ones who are scared? The scholars, that's the subject. And who's been scared? Who are the, who do they fear? Allah, Azad. So this is how it should have been. Khashya, ulama, Allah. That was meant to be the order. But what happened here? Khashya came, and then what came? Allah and then ulama went after. The order changed. So they're back and forth. I'm back to front. The scholars, they say this shows exclusivity. Exclusivity, what? They call it hasr. It means no one else fears Allah except the scholars. That's the reason why the order changed. No one else has khashya except the ulama. No one else has. Everyone else, it's negated from them. And it's exclusive to who? Khashya is exclusive to who? Huh? Scholars. So the question is, who is the scholar? The scholar is the one who knows Allah's names, and he knows what it means, and he lives by it. Let's look at the Calam of the Salaf, Rahimahum, Allah. Ibn Jalilat Tabari, he said, they have piety of him, subhanahu wa ta'ala, these punishments. Why is it? Because they know Allah, he does whatever he wishes. They know him. Knowledge is not the one who has more narrations, more books he's read. He has more quotes. That's not knowledge, that's information. There's a difference between information and knowledge. This person has information, he doesn't have knowledge. Knowledge is the one who has what? He knows Allah's names, he understands it, and he lives by it. From the names of Allah is Al-Raqib. Al-Raqib is the one who observes his creation. The one who knows this is the name of Allah, he knows privately and publicly what he does, Allah is observing, subhanahu wa ta'ala. And he will not be from those people Allah says, that when they are in the eyes of the people, in front of the people, they observe what they say, they observe what they do, they are worried. They won't do this in front of the people. But when they become private and they become alone and there's no one else with them, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, said, they are conscious and they're fearing of the people. But they are not conscious and fearful of Allah. And Allah is with them, if you obey you too, they will not understand what they are saying, when they are saying and doing what they are doing. I'll give you an example, with examples things become clear. You now live in the UAE. You know in the UAE there's laws, there's regulations when it comes to driving on the road. You know that if you drive more than a particular speed, that a ticket will come to you and etc. You know the pain of paying that fine, you know how painful it is. Somebody just came from either India, Somalia, whatever and they landed in UAE and they were given a car and they were told drive. They don't know about cameras, they don't know the consequences that you have to bear if you drive fast. Will their driving be the same as the driving of the one who knows the reality of the camera and the consequences that this camera can put them through? And what they have to do after they go through this camera? No. And Allah's example is greater. The one who knows Allah, who's aware of Allah, is the one who knows that Allah is observing him and Allah is looking at him. So he's harakat, he's movement, he's silence, he's private affairs, he's public affairs, all of them are. He's very conscious of what he does. Allah says in the Quran, everything he knows he says, everywhere he utters, he knows that from the names of Allah is that he is observing. He can see everything his slave is doing. So this, what does it do automatically to the person who has knowledge of Allah? It builds in his heart. Just like the example I gave before, that this person is scared of that ticket. Well, look at the Prophet says, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said, the one, the Prophet said, the one who has the most Taqwa of Allah and the one who knows Allah the most. Look how he connected Taqwa and knowing Allah the most. He said, both of them is me. I know Allah more and that has led to my piety being more than the rest of you. Are you with me, brothers? So this shows us that knowing Allah Ta'ala and having knowledge of him, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, it brings to the person, Al-Khashya. The Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, said, I know Allah the most. Look what he said, and I have the most Khashya, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And in that, of course, he does. His wife, Aisha, saw the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, pray one night, and she saw his legs, his legs swollen, blood filled his legs, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, ripped, cracks were in his leg. And then she said to him, Allah has forgiven you for your past sins and your upcoming sins. Allah has forgiven you for your past sins. Allah has forgiven you for what's going to come. You're clean. So why don't you relax? Look at how he knows his Lord. Am I not going to be a slave that shows gratitude to that Lord? He's forgiven me for everything. And should I not show him gratitude? Are you with me, brothers? So because he knows his Lord, Allah, Az-Wa-Jalla, Allah. Number nine, Anybody who knows Allah's names, he truly knows everything in the way it is. He knows everything the way it is. What do I mean by that? For example, if you know Allah, Tabarak wa Ta'ala is ghani, rich, doesn't need anyone. What does that give you? Who is the one who's in need then? You. If Allah is the most knowledgeable one, then who's the ignorant one? You believe it's you. If Allah is the one that's going to remain and he's never going to perish, then who is the one that's going to die and perish? Because you know you're the opposite of Allah. Allah says in the Qur'an, Oh people, you're the ones who are in need of Allah, Az-Wa-Jalla. Allah is rich. He doesn't need anyone. Allah says in the Qur'an, And then look, Allah tells you the opposite, which is him. But Allah will remain. He will not perish, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah tells us that he's the one who knows and we don't know. Allah knows and you don't know. So by knowing Allah's names, it humbles you, which is one of the characteristics of servitude, complete humility and humbleness comes to you. You really know who you are. Think about it today. If you ponder on how many mistakes that we do every day, how many shortcomings that we come with, and how he forgives us. Allah says in the Qur'an, Allah will leave no one on the face of this earth. Everybody will be punished. You today, if somebody does you wrong, you want to retaliate there and then. I'm going to show this better watch. That's what you say, right? Look at Allah. People are saying Allah has what? Allah has a child. Allah says in the Qur'an, The sky was about to fall down. The earth was about to crack. The mountain was about to fall down from that statement alone. The creation around us cannot, they cannot tolerate that statement that Allah has a child. It's not befitting for Allah to take a child. He let those creation live. He nurtures them. He provides for them. He gives them children. He gives them wealth. He gives them money. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. This makes you really understand how merciful he is and that how we are insignificant. Look at the two great prophets of Allah. That day, there was two prophets. There was no one more knowledgeable than them. That day, there was no one more knowledgeable than them. Who is it? Nabiullah Musa and Nabiullah Khadr. Khadr was a prophet. The strongest opinion is that Khadr was a what? Was a prophet from the prophets of Allah. Because he said in the Qur'an, وَمَا فَعَلْتُوا عَنْ أَمْرِيِ دَالِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطْعَ عَلَيْهِ صَبْرًا I did not do this for my own self. Hey, where did you do it from? He's meaning that I got revelation for it. Him and Nabiullah Musa were together. Khadr and Musa are walking together. Ponder over this. And they are together. Then he looked at a Usfour. Who was Musa told to go to? Musa was told to go to Khadr to take knowledge from him. And then Nabiullah Musa came to Khadr and he said to him, Are you going to Would you teach me? Would you educate me? Musa said this. What he did to the scholars, they say the first person who set the path in traveling to seek knowledge was Nabiullah Musa. He traveled to seek knowledge. And when Nabiullah Musa and Nabiullah Musa is better than Khadr, and this shows what? جواز و أخذ المفاضل عن المفضول. That if you're sometimes greater than somebody, if something he has will benefit you, you take it from them and you humble yourself. You know, become arrogant. Because the truth and the khair is the lost property of the believer. It's like you losing your phone. If somebody lowering the menu, he's holding your phone and says, Oh, I found your phone. What do you say? I'm not going to take it from you. He said, This is my phone. Thank you for bringing it back. The knowledge and the haq is like that for the believer. Whoever gives it to you, it's like, Oh, it's mine in the first page. JazakAllah for giving it back. It's the lost property of the believer. So Nabiullah Musa and Khadr are together. Khadr says to Nabiullah Musa, he says to him, He looked at a bird, a little bird, and the bird took its peak and a peck and he put it into the ocean. And what can a bird take from the ocean? If he puts his peck inside the ocean, what's the amount of water that he can take? Gallons, liters, something very small, right? Drops. And then Khadr said to Musa, My knowledge and your knowledge, Musa, in comparison to the knowledge of Allah, is like that bird when it took from the ocean. Allah's knowledge, that ocean, and it just took from the ocean like that. We know nothing. That day, there were the two most knowledgeable people on the face of that day. So they knew the name of Allah, Al-Alim. They understood the reality. And that's why everyone who's knowledge about Allah knows more than them, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. And that's why when you pray Salatul Istighara, what do you say in the dua that you make? You are the one who destines. I don't destine anything. You know, O Allah, where this affairs is good for me. I don't know. And then look what the person says. You're the one who knows the unseen. Remember to Allah, there's no such a thing as unseen. But it is to who? Us. Nothing to Allah is seen. Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. That's what you say in your Istighara. That you are admitting you have no ability. You're also admitting that the knowledge is not in your hands. He's the one who knows everything. Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Number 10, knowing Allah's names, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Knowing Allah's names will inherit in your heart, will bring into your heart good assumptions of Allah. You know, once you know Allah's names, you'll start to have good assumptions of Allah. You'll start to think good of your Lord, Allah. That's what you do. And he would, the evidence for this is the Hadith of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah. When Quraish, they came and the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah, was in a cave with who? Abu Bakr, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah. When they were running away from Mecca and they were running to where? To Medina. Ghar al-Hirat. But Ghar al-Thawr. Ghar al-Thawr. Ghar al-Thawr. Nabiullah Muhammad, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah. Abu Bakr said, I'm missing job Allah. If one of them just looks under, just goes down slightly and looks under his feet, he can see us. He will see us. And look what the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah said. What do you think? Bithnaini, Allah with Ali Thumma. What do you think of two people? Allah is the third one. Allah is what? Allah is with them, subhanahu wa sallamah. What do you think of them? What did the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah, have of Allah here? Hussan al-Dhan, he believed higher of Allah. Why? Because he knows that from the names of Allah is Hafir. Allah is the one who saved gods. Allah says about the believers who are righteous. There are angels, Allah sent. What did these angels do? They protect them from the front. They protect them from the back. They're protecting them from all of the evil. Allah does this for the believers. Abu Bakr, what do you think of two? Meaning you and me. And Allah, as I said, what do you think? How can these people see us? They will never see us. Allah is with us. This comes that Allah is with us, and the person has this yakeen. It comes from knowing Allah. Knowing who he is, knowing his names, knowing his ability. That moment when everybody else is giving up, you laugh at them and say, Subhan Allah, you don't know who Allah is. Are you with me, brothers? Knowing him at that moment, it will put that, it will put that Hussan al-Dhan in your heart. Nothing will harm you with the name of Allah. Once you say the name of Allah, nothing is going to harm you. Nothing is going to harm you. And that's why the Prophet SAW said, No one says every morning and evening, and every night and every single night. No one does this. And says this. Every morning and every night he says, Bismillahil ladhi la ya dharrum a ismihi Shay'um fil ardi wala fesamaa. No one says, Bismillahil ladhi la ya dharrum a ismihi Shay'um fil ardi wala fesamaa. No one says this. And the one who hears the knowledge, three times in the morning, three times at night, he does not harm anything. Say, I am angry with him. The messenger said this. The person says, Bismillah in the name of Allah. Bismillah, the one who does not harm anything on earth or in the sky. And he hears the knowledge. No one says this three times in the morning and in the night time. So if you say in the morning, the whole day you're protected. And night time while you're sleeping in your house. Allah will protect you, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. What did he say? Bismillah in the name of Allah. So the name of Allah is what's protecting you. It's protecting you. Number 12. The names of Allah, the noble names of Allah. How it affects and affects in halali and haram. Your meat that you're eating becomes halal and haram based on the name of Allah. Becomes what? Halal and haram. This food, it's halal and it's not halal or haram just based on what? The name of Allah. Aswa Allah Ta'ala, he says. Fa qulum mimma dukir rasmullahi aley inkuntum bi aayatihi mu'mineen. Eat. Mimma dukir rasmullahi, that which Allah's name has been mentioned on it. Inkuntum if you are bi aayatihi, those who believe in Him, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, his verses. And Allah Ta'ala rebuked and he scolded a people who what? That eat. But they don't eat. They don't eat, that which Allah's name has been mentioned in it. Allah says, وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُ مِمْ مَا دُكِ رَسْمُ اللَّهِ Why is it that you do not eat that which Allah's name has been mentioned into it? Why don't you eat it? So Bismillah made a meat halal and without it the meat is what? What is it brothers? That shows you the magnitude and the weight of Allah's name, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Number three. العِلْمُ بِأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ الْحُسْنَا The knowledge of knowing Allah's name is عَظَمُ الْعُلُومِ وَأَشَرَفُوْهَا It's the greatest knowledge is knowing Allah's names. There's no knowledge greater than that. Nothing at all. What's the best knowledge? The knowledge of the religion. العُلُومُ الشَرْعِيَّة Islamic knowledge is the best knowledge. Better than any scientific knowledge, any academic knowledge. And within the knowledge of the shari'a, knowing Allah's names is the best. You rarely come across an ayah in the Quran. Except that it has the name of Allah in it. Direct or indirectly. Every time you know Allah, with what you do, you are an expert. The expert has the name of Allah. بَصِيرْ رَحْمَانْ رَحِيمْ These are names that you see all the time in the ayat of the Quran. Most mentioned. The most mentioned. وَالْلِذَارِكَ شَيْقُوا الْسَامِيْبْنُ تَيْمِهِ He said, وَالْقُرْآنُ فِيهِ مِن ذِكْرِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَصِفَاتِ وَأَفْعَالِ What is mentioned more in the Quran? Allah's names or the mentioning of food and drinking and marriage. Why is it that the most mentioned in the Quran is not the most mentioned in your life? Why is it your food, which you go out time to five to get a job and to make money, has become the most important thing for you to mention every day and to talk about it? And you're married to all issues. يا اخوة, these have become the most mentioned thing in your day-to-day life. This is not something good. Allah says about the disbelievers, وَالْلَذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَاْكُلُونَ وَيَتَمَتْتَعُونَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُونَ النْعَمُوا وَالْنَارُمَتْ وَالْلَّهُمْ Eating and drinking and marriage is something that all religions share. And it's not the most mentioned in the Quran, it's not the most mentioned in the Quran, it's not the most mentioned in the Quran, it's not the most mentioned in the Quran, it's not the most mentioned in the Quran, eating and drinking and marriage is something that all religions share. And it's not the most mentioned in the Quran. The most mentioned thing in the Quran is Allah Tabarak with Ta'ala's names. So Shaykh Ul-Islam ibn Utaymiyyah says, in the Quran, the mention of Allah's names, the mention of His characteristics, the mention of His babes, اكثر من ما فيه من بِكْلِ الْأَكْلِ وَالْشُرْبِ وَالْنِكَاحِ فِالْجَنَّةِ Then even the mentioning of what? The resurrection. The mentioning of the Jannah and the hereafter. This is more than it. فَا عَظَمُوا آيَةِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةُ الْقُرْسِيِ What is the most mentioned? What's the greatest ayah in the Quran? Huh? Allah's name has been mentioned in Ayatul Kursi 23 times. Ayatul Kursi brothers, whether it be a pronoun, or whether it be a what? اسم which is, عالم which is ظاهر. اسم which is ظاهر. Okay, first thing that was mentioned was what? And the last which was mentioned, what? Name and name. الله لا إله إلا هو الحق. هو is him referring to Allah. وليذالك one of the reasons why this ayah is the greatest ayah in the Quran is because of the mention of Allah's names. I made a whole lecture on it. It's on my channel. تفسير and the benefits and the facts in Ayatul Kursi. It's on my channel. The great details I spoke about it. You see brothers. The Prophet ﷺ, what did he say to the companion? The Prophet said to the companion ﷺ, ألا أعلمك shall I not teach you أعظم آية في كتاب الله the greatest ayah in the Quran. Shall I not teach you it? The companion said بلا. بلا يا رسول الله. Of course, I'm a messenger of Allah. And the Prophet ﷺ said آية سورة الفاتحة. وليذالك the scholars, what did they call it? أم القرآن. The mother of the Qur'an. Hey, what's the first thing that's mentioned in Surat Al-Fatiha? Yeah? What is the first thing that's mentioned in Surat Al-Fatiha? Huh? If we take Bismillah, there's an ayah in it. How many names are mentioned in it? How many names are mentioned? Three names. الله الرحمن الرحيم. What is the most beloved name to Allah the Almighty? What's the most beloved name to Allah the Almighty? To name a child. And what? So this shows you how much it means to Allah the Almighty. How much it means to him? Number fourteen. The barakah. بركة الاسماء الحسنة في المعيشة. In your life today, the name of Allah has a barakah in it for you. It has. It has barakah in it. For example, تبارك اسم ربكة. ديل جلال والإكرام. What does Allah say? تباركة. اي تعظم. Great. بركة. Is in what? تبارك اسم ربكة. The name of your Lord. In it is what? The barakah. ولذلك, that's why we're told. إذا دخل الرجل بيتو. If a person enters his house. فذكر الله عند دخولي. When he enters his house, he remembers Allah. He mentions Allah's name. وعند طعامه. And when he eats his food. قال الشيطان. They say to one another. Today there's no sleeping here. Because when he came into the house. You made the dua. That's one. And when you ate the food. Or you were eating the food. You said Bismillah. Both times you said Bismillah. Now he says there's no food as well. Think about these brothers. If your Shaytan is getting food. And you're letting him stay in your house. Are you with me brothers? Because when you come into the house. You're not saying Bismillah. So he's got a place to stay. And he's also getting food to eat. Because you're not saying Bismillah. When you eat the food. You're talking on your phone. Yeah. When he gets stronger. And he becomes powerful. Who's he going to use it against? The energy he accumulates. Who's he going to use it against? And then you come running to the sheikh. And you say Shaykh. I can't pray. I can't fast. I can't do anything. You become a person who Shaytan has control over. Why? Because you have chosen not to. Do that which was simple. So the barakah is that. This what happens. Number 15. The barakah of Allah's names. Insane Allah's names. The barakah in it. Doesn't only just stick to you. The barakah actually moves to your children. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He told us. Alaihi sallatu wa sallam. If a man wants to have intimacy with his wife. He should say what? Bismillah. In the name of Allah. What happens? He says. Bismillah. In the name of Allah. Divert Shaytan from us. Me and my wife. And divert Shaytan from our offspring. Look what the Prophet said. If that night from the intimacy that they had. Allah brings a child out of it. Shaytan will never harm this child. They will not come into contact with Shaytan. What was the beginning that you said? In the name of Allah. Bismillah. That's it. Just by saying Bismillah. That relationship that took place that night. The child that comes from it. Until he dies Allah will protect him. How many parents don't say this? And this what the scholars mention is that. Parents. The rights that your children have on you. The rights that they have on you. It's before they are coming into existence. Some people just think. The rights of the children are once they come into this world. There are rights that they have on you. The children. Before they even come into the equation. Such as choosing a wife that's righteous. If you pick up any woman from anywhere. And you make this child this his mother. You have for a lot forsaken his rights. And then once you marry the righteous wife. That night when you have relationship. You need to mention this dua. This is the right that the child has on you. So the scholars they break the rights of the children into how many. Rights prior to the child's existence. And before he comes into the equation. The rights when he's in this world. People just that's when they see it. They don't even see that. They see when he's 18, 19, when it's too late now. Are you with me brothers? And then the children. The child has rights on you. Once he passes away. He has rights on you. Scholars they mention that. Last but not least is. Is my Allah. The names of Allah in it is cure. In the names of Allah is cure. By using the name of Allah. There's cure in it. We'll be there. Haditha be saeed al-khudri. And the Jibril. At the Nabiya Salah. Alayhi salam. Jibril came to the press. I said. I said. I said. You have complained. Call it. He said. Yes. He breathed it. He said to the press. In the name of Allah. I do. I do. From everything that harms you. From. From. From every evil eye that wants to plot against you. Allah will cure you. May Allah cure you. In the name of Allah. He said. He repeated it again. So. Started it. And it finished with what? In the name of Allah, Huzoor. That person, when he reads that dua, or he makes that, what happens? The evil eye, the harm that has been put him through, Allah SWT, that individual from it. So these are 16, and they're much more. If you go to the butoon or kutubi or mujalladat, if you open volumes of books, you will find 100% more than this. But now I want you to all understand the importance of learning Allah's names, and understanding it, and living by it. Anything which I might have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me and Shaytan, and Allah and His messenger are free from it. Subhanaka Allahumma bi-hamdika as-shadu Allah, ilaha illa Allah. Astaghfiruqwa tuwilei. Any questions? Disputed like in the strongest is that it is, insha'Allah ta'ala. Why is this khilaf? Some of the names of Allah is disputed. Like insha'Allah ta'ala, insha'Allah it is. Allah's names are toqifiya. Toqifiya means if we can't just name Allah a name because it's a good name. The names of Allah are taken from textual evidences. So the scholars, they base some of the names on whether that hadith is authentic or not. If the hadith turns out to be weak and it's not authentic to them, then this name cannot be established anywhere else. So then there is no evidence for this name. So they say it's weak. So it's based upon the authentication of a hadith. Does it make sense? Waleed Alayka Allah has characteristics that are not His names. Are you with me? The characteristics of Allah is larger than His names. Every name has a characteristic in it. But not every characteristic is a name. Are you with me? Not every single characteristic of Allah is a name. We don't make a name out of it. Barak Allah Ha. Rashid. I just said, the brother asked right now. There's a question he asked. Is it disputed whether the hadith is authentic or not? Whether the hadith is authentic or not is the diskhilaf. Those who authenticate the hadith, they believe that Rashid is the name of Allah and those who don't, they don't believe it is. So it revolves around the authentication of that particular hadith. Yes. Astaghfirullah. May Allah bless you and bless you.