An-Nafi' · the Benefactor

the One from whom alone every benefit and every good arrives

نفع دینے والا — وہ جس سے ہر نفع جاری ہوتا ہے

His own ayat — 0 verses carry this exact form

Not found in this exact form in the Qur’an’s text — this Name stands in the transmitted enumeration; stated honestly.

His Messenger’s ﷺ witness — 25 mentions across 17 collections

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Al-Kafi-Volume-1-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

522

Al-Kafi-Volume-2-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

124

Al-Kafi-Volume-4-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

1998

Al-Kafi-Volume-5-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

Al-Kafi-Volume-8-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

194

Al-Tawhid-Saduq · shia — 2 mentions

275, 292

Kitab-al-Duafa-Ghadairi · shia — 1 mentions

Maani-al-Akhbar-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

Man-La-Yahduruh-al-Faqih-Volume-3-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

290

Nahj-al-Balagha-Radi · shia — 2 mentions

690, 975

Sifat-al-Shia-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

TahdhibAhkam · shia — 3 mentions

6049, 7094, 7727

MusnadAhmad · sunni — 2 mentions

25013, 25994

SunanDarimi · sunni — 3 mentions

368, 545, 3315

bukhari · sunni — 1 mentions

5690

ibnmajah · sunni — 2 mentions

3446, 3861

tirmidhi · sunni — 1 mentions

3507

Hear five of them

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي الْخَصِيبِ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَيْمَنَ بْنِ نَابِلٍ، عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يُقَالَ لَهَا كَلْثَمُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ عَلَيْكُ…

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“You should eat the beneficial thing that is unpleasant to eat: Talbinah,” meaning broth. If any member of the family of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sick, the coo…

ibnmajah · sunni · no. 3446

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ، زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْ…

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one, for He is One and loves the odd (numbered). Whoever learns them will enter Paradise. They ar…

ibnmajah · sunni · no. 3861

حَدَّثَنَا فَرْوَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَأْمُرُ بِالتَّلْبِينَةِ وَتَقُولُ هُوَ الْبَغِيضُ النَّافِعُ‏.‏…

Narrated Hisham's father:`Aisha used to recommend at-Talbina and used to say, "It is disliked (by the patient) although it is beneficial…

bukhari · sunni · no. 5690

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْجُوزَجَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي…

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine Names, one hundred less one, whoever counts them shall enter Paradise. He is Allah, the one whom there is none worthy of worship e…

tirmidhi · sunni · no. 3507

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ غَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي خُطْبَةٍ لَهُ يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا حَالَ الائِمَّةِ (…

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ’Isa from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub from Ishaq ibn Ghalib from abu ’Abdallah (a.s.) who has described the condition of the Imams (a.s.) and their attributes in one…

Al-Kafi-Volume-1-Kulayni · shia · no. 522

The counting hadith — “Allah has ninety-nine Names - the counting hadith, held in the corpus” — held in the corpus at: bukhari 2736, bukhari 6410, bukhari 7392, muslim 6809, ibnmajah 3860, ibnmajah 3861.

The sirah — this Name in 4 of the 17 held works

al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah - Ibn Kathir (d. 774 AH)	16 mentions
ibnabihadid	4 mentions
al-Shifa - Qadi 'Iyad (d. 544 AH)	1 mentions
al-Tabaqat al-Kubra - Ibn Sa'd (d. 230 AH)	1 mentions

Counting law: A mention = a textual match of the transmitted form after normalization (diacritics stripped, alef unified), at a word boundary, allowing an attached wa-/fa- prefix; compounds match across whitespace; dhu also as dhi/dha. Every count on this page is a count of THAT rule - falsifiable, never oversold as exhaustive semantic coverage. The roster of 99 is transmitted (al-Tirmidhi's riwayah), not adjudicated. Machine-scholar work (9-for-1); human review invited.
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