Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 13934a
"خَيْرُ النَّاسِ الْعربُ، وخيرُ الْعرب قريشٌ، وخَيْرُ قُريْشِ بنُو هَاشِمٍ، وخَيْرُ الْعجم فارس، وخَيرُ السُّودانِ النوبةُ، وخَيْرُ الصِّبْغ العُصْفَرُ، وخَيْرُ المال العُقُر، وخَيْرُ الخِضَابِ الحِنَّاءُ والكتَمُ".
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"The best of people are the Arabs, and the best of the Arabs are Quraysh, and the best of Quraysh are Banū Hāshim; the best of the non-Arabs are the Persians, and the best of the blacks are the Nubians; the best of dyes is safflower, and the best of wealth is land and property, and the best of hair dyes are henna and katam."
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الديلمى عن على ؓ
machine translationNarrated by al-Daylamī, from ʿAlī (may God be pleased with him).
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