Abd al-Muttalib bin Rabi'ah bin al-Harith bin Abd al-Muttalib states: Some people from the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "We have heard people of your tribe talking, to the point that one of them said: 'The example of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is like a date palm that grows in a rubbish heap.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people, who am I?" The people said: "You are the Messenger of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abd al-Muttalib." The narrator says: We had never heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) state his lineage like this before. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Behold! Allah Almighty created His creation, then divided that creation into two groups and placed me in the better of the two groups. Then He divided them into tribes and placed me in the best tribe among them. Then He divided them into households and placed me in the best household among them. So I am the best of them all in household, and the best of them all in person." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi recorded a different narration from this person.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.