Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5739
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بُعِثْتُ مِنْ خَيْرِ قُرُونِ بَنِي آدَمَ قَرْنًا فَقَرْنًا حَتَّى كُنْتُ من القرنِ الَّذِي كنتُ مِنْهُ» . رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, "I have been commissioned from among the best of the generations of Adam's descendants, generation after generation, till I came into being in the generation in which I have come." Bukhari transmitted it.
[2] Bukhari # 3557, Musnad Ahmad 2-383.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5739In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 1
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5740
وَعَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَاصْطَفَى قُرَيْشًا مِنْ كِنَانَةَ وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنَى هَاشِمٍ وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ» . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلتِّرْمِذِيِّ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ ولد إِبْرَاهِيم إِسْمَاعِيل وَاصْطفى من ولد إِسْمَاعِيل بني كنَانَة»
Wathila b. al-Asqa' told that he heard God's messenger say, "God chose Kinana from the descendants of Ishmael, He chose Quraish from Kinana, from Quraish He chose the B. Hashim, and He chose me from the B. Hashim.'' Muslim transmitted it. In a version by Tirmidhi he said, "God chose Ishmael from among the children of Abraham, and He chose the B. Kinana from among the descendants of Ishmael.' Tirmidhi
Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5740In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 2