Abu Hurayrah ( Radhiallahu 'anhu ) narrated - he said: "Allah has ninety-nine names - one hundred less one - no one memorises them except that he enters Paradise, and He (Allah) is [an] odd [number] and He loves odd [numbers]. (Sahih al-Bukhari with Fath al-Bari, Hadith: 6410) Abu Hurayrah ( Radhiallahu 'anhu ) narrated from the Prophet ( Sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam ) that he said: "Allah has ninety-nine names. Whosoever memorises them shall enter Paradise. And verily Allah is [an] odd [number] and He loves odd [numbers]. (Sahih Muslim with Sharh al-Imam al-Nawawi, Hadith: 2677)