What Has Been Related About What Names Are Disliked
Darussalam · Volume 5
41. The Chapters On Manners From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 522
Source no. 2837 · Volume 6 · Page 337
Sahih
صحيح، الصحيحة (٩١٤)
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2837. Al-A'raj narrated that Abū Hurairah conveyed to him that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The most despicable (Akhna') name to Allāh on the Day of Judgement is that of a man named King of Kings. (Malikil-Amlāk)" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Sufyān said: "(Like) 'Shāhāni Shāh' (Shah of Shah's)." And the meaning of 'Akhna' is most despicable. And this Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
٢٨٣٧ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَخْنَعُ» اسْمٍ عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ تَسَمَّى بِمَلِكِ الْأَمْلَاكِ. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : شَاهَانْ شَاهْ، وَأَخْنَعُ: يَعْنِي وَأَقْبَحُ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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[1] For example : "Is Aflaḥ there?" "No." Which would mean there is no prosperity here.
Akhna (most disgraced) according to some it means 'ugliest'. The names that denote pride, insolence and arrogance; it is disliked to be named such names, like: ruler of the rulers, king of the kings etc, because complete sovereignty is Allāh's.