Hadith 3259

Chapter 70

باب 70

(70) باب فِي تَغْيِيرِ الاِسْمِ الْقَبِيحِ

(70) Chapter: Changing bad names (ID)
189
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَخْنَعُ اسْمٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ تَسَمَّى مَلِكَ الأَمْلاَكِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ " أَخْنَى اسْمٍ " .

Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :
The vilest names in Allah's sight on the Day of resurrection will be that of a man called Malik al-Amlak.Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Shu'aib b. Abi Hamzah from Abi al-Zinad through different chain of narrators. This version has the words "akhna' ismin" (most obscene name) instead of "akhna ismin" (the vilest name). (ID)

Reference (ID): Sunan Abi Dawud 4961 (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 43, Hadith 189 (ID)

English translation (ID): Book 42, Hadith 4943 (ID)