English translation
3608. Al-Muṭṭalib bin Abī Wadā'ah said: "Al-'Abbās came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and it is as if he heard something, so the Prophet ﷺ stood upon the Minbar and said: 'Who am I?' They said: 'You are the Messenger of Allāh, upon you be peace.' He said: 'I am Muḥammad bin 'Abdullāh bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib, indeed Allāh created the creation, and He put me in the best [group] of them, then He made them into two groups, so He put me in the best group of them, then He made them into tribes, so He put me in the best of them in tribe, then He made them into houses, so He put me in the best of them in tribe and lineage.'"[1] (Da'if) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadith is Hasan [Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb]. It has been related from Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, from Yazīd bin Abī Ziyād, similar to the narration of Ismā'il bin Abī Khālid, from Yazīd bin Abī Ziyād, from 'Abdullāh bin Al-Hārith, from Al-'Abbās bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib.
