Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter on Miscellaneous Ahadith 4ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى جَ٠َدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلله الاسْ٠اءُ الْحُسْنى‏ فَادْعُوهُ بِها قَالَ نَحْنُ وَالله الاسْ٠َاءُ الْحُسْنَى الَّتِي لا يَقْبَلُ الله ٠ِنَ الْعِبَادِ عَ٠4.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash'ari and Muhammad ibn Yahya both narrate from Ahmad ibn Ishaq, from Sa'dan ibn Muslim, from Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar, from Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) regarding the verse of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (Qur'an 7:180).

He (peace be upon him) said: "By Allah, we are the 'Most Beautiful Names' through which Allah does not accept any deeds from His servants except through knowing us." يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/115))