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tirmidhi:2837 – Muḥammad b. Maymūn al-Makkī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

that Abu Hurairah conveyed to him that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The most despicable (Akhna) name to Allah on the Day of Judgement is that of a man named King of Kings. (Malikil-Amlak)."

الترمذي:٢٨٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَخْنَعُ اسْمٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ تَسَمَّى بِمَلِكِ الأَمْلاَكِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ شَاهَانْ شَاهْ وَأَخْنَعُ يَعْنِي أَقْبَحَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

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

ibnhibban:5835 – Abū 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:٥٨٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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 »