Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard my father say: Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever among the angels took part in the Battle of Badr has superiority over us." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is in the "Sahih" from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) himself, while here it is narrated from his father.
Al-Tabarani recorded it as a narration of Yahya bin Sa'id from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), although Yahya did not meet anyone of those who took part in Badr. And Allah knows best.