Is it permissible to change one's tribal name to a non-existent tribe to escape the ridicule of others, and is it permissible to name oneself with names like "Zoro" and "Roger"?
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What the questioner mentioned, even though it does not involve claiming a specific lineage or attributing oneself to it, it does contain a disavowal of one's known lineage. The scholars have explicitly stated the prohibition of disavowing one's known lineage and attributing oneself to a different one.
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