While some Muslims believe that this list is mentioned by Muhammad himself, the specialist Muslim scholars argue strongly that the list was just compiled by a Muslim scholar as an addendum to the actual hadith (al-Waleed ibn Muslim). Over time it became custom to recite the list in its entirety. This caused people to search them out in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and a list was compiled. Of note is that this hadith does not say that there are only 99 names, but 99 names that are better than the others. He who enumerates them would get into Paradise. Verily, there are ninety-nine names of God, one hundred minus one.
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