"Al-Abbas came to the Messenger of Allah 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 Allah, upon you be peace.' He said: 'I am Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin 'Abdul-Muttalib, indeed Allah 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.'"  

جَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ شَيْئًا فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنَا قَالُوا أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ فِرْقَةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ قَبَائِلَ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ قَبِيلَةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ بُيُوتًا فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمْ بَيْتًا وَخَيْرِهِمْ نَفْسًا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ received news that a group of people had criticized him and said to him, "The example of Muhammad is like that of a palm tree growing in a garbage heap." This angered the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he said, "O people, indeed Allah created His creation and divided them into two groups, and He made me part of the best of the two groups. Then He divided them into tribes, and He made me part of the best of the tribes. Then He made them into households, and He made me part of the best of the households." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am the best among you in lineage and the best among you in household." At this point, Al-Dhahabi remained silent in his summary.  

بَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ قَوْمًا نَالُوا مِنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَثَلِ نَخْلَةٍ نَبَتَتْ فِي كُنَاسٍ فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فَجَعَلَهُمْ فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِ الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ قَبَائِلَ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهُمْ قَبِيلًا ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ بُيُوتًا فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهُمْ بَيْتًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ قَبِيلًا وَخَيْرُكُمْ بَيْتًا» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

"إِنَّ الله خَلَقَ الْخَلقَ فَجَعَلَنى فِي خَيرِ فِرقِهِمْ، وخَيرِ الْفِرْقتينِ، ثُمَّ خَيَّرَ الْقَبائِلَ فَجَعَلَني فِي خيرِ القَبِيلَةِ ، ثُمَّ خيَّرَ البيُوت فَجَعَلَنِى فِي خَير بُيُوتِهم، فَأَنَا خَيرُهُم نَفْسًا، وخَيرُهُم بيتًا".  

"أَنَا محمد بن عبد اللَّه بن عبد المطلب إِنَّ اللَّه تَعَالى خَلَق الخلق فجعلنى في خيرهمْ، ثم جعلهم فرقتين فجعلنى في خيرهم فرقةً، ثم جَعَلَهُمْ قبائل فجعلنى في خيرهم قبيلةً، ثم جعلهم بيوتا فجعلنى في خيرهم بيتًا، فأَنَا حْيركُمْ بَيْتًا وأَنَا خيركُمْ نفسًا" .