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The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight." Sufyan said more than once, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight is (that of) a man calling himself king of kings." Sufyan said, "Somebody else (i.e. other than Abu Az-Zinad, a sub-narrator) says: What is meant by 'The king of kings' is 'Shahan Shah.,"  

البخاري:٦٢٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رِوَايَةً قَالَ

أَخْنَعُ اسْمٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ أَخْنَعُ الأَسْمَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ تَسَمَّى بِمَلِكِ الأَمْلاَكِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ يَقُولُ غَيْرُهُ تَفْسِيرُهُ شَاهَانْ شَاهْ  


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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يُسَمِّي الْمَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ إِذَا كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أُمُورِ الدُّنْيَا مَلِكَ الْأَمْلَاكِ

ibnhibban:5835Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of names near Allah is a man named 'Milk Al-Amalak,' which means 'The King of Kings.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَخْنَعُ الْأَسْمَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ تُسَمَّى بِمِلْكِ الْأَمْلَاكِ يَعْنِي شَاهَانِ شَاهَا »