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3607. Al-'Abbās bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Indeed the Quraish have sat and spoken between themselves about the best of them, and they made your likeness as that of a palm tree in a wasteland.' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Indeed, Allāh created the creation and made me [from the best of them,] from the best of their categories, and the best of the two categories,[1] then He chose between the tribes and made me from the best tribe, then He chose between the houses and made be from the best house. So I am the best of them in person and the best of them in house.'"(Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadith is Hasan. And 'Abdullāh bin Al-Ḥārith is Ibn Nawfal (a narrator in the chain).
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[1] "That is the Arabs and the non-Arabs." (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi).
Commentary
Man has superiority over all the creation. Humanity is divided into two groups of Arabs and non-Arabs. The group of Arabs is superior among these two. Among the Arabs the tribe of Quraish is superior and still among the Quraish, the House of Banū Hāshim is superior. The Noble Prophet ﷺ is the most superior individual of the House of Banū Hashim, therefore, he is the best of all humans.
