Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 320 of 372
Prohibition of Addressing somebody as ‘The King of Kings’
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 320 : Ahadith 1724
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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1724 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The most disgraceful man near Allah is a man who calls himself (or likes others to call him) Malikul-Amlak (i.e., king of kings).”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].