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hakim:6996Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Mihrijānī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū Sufyān Ziyād b. Sahl al-Ḥārithī > ʿUmārah b. Mihrān al-Miʿwalī > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created mankind, He chose the Arabs, then He chose from the Arabs the Quraysh, then He chose from the Quraysh the Banu Hashim, and then He chose me from the Banu Hashim. So, I am the best of the best." Adh-Dhahabi remained silent about summarizing this.  

الحاكم:٦٩٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمِهْرِجَانِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثَنَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ زِيَادُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ ثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْمِعْوَلِيُّ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ اخْتَارَ الْعَرَبَ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قُرَيْشًا ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَنِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَأَنَا خَيْرَةٌ مِنْ خَيْرَةٍ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص