Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6206

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، رِوَايَةً قَالَ ‏"‏ أَخْنَعُ اسْمٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ـ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ أَخْنَعُ الأَسْمَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ـ رَجُلٌ تَسَمَّى بِمَلِكِ الأَمْلاَكِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ يَقُولُ غَيْرُهُ تَفْسِيرُهُ شَاهَانْ شَاهْ‏.‏

Translation

Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, in a report attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: The most abominable name before Allah—and Sufyan said on more than one occasion, “the most abominable of names before Allah”—is that of a man who calls himself King of Kings. Sufyan said that another transmitter explained it as Shahanshah.