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== In the Words of the Prophet (s) ==

One day the Prophet (s) came out of his home and he was very happy, when he was asked about the reason he said: "Jabra'il (Gabriel) came to me from Allah and said: Allah have chosen 7 from Banu Hashim that He have neither created nor will create: You, O Prophet, 'Ali your successor, Hasan and Husayn your grandsons, Hamza your uncle, Ja'far your cousin, and Qa'im [Imam al-Mahdi (a)] who 'Isa (Jesus) will pray with."

Also when Muhajirun (the immigrants), Ansar (the supporters), and Banu Hashim were discussing about which of them are dearer to the Prophet (s); he said: as for you, the supporters, I am your brother, as for you, the immigrants, I am one of you, as for you Banu Hashim, you are from me and with me.

There are hadiths from the Prophet (s) in many of Sunni sources that introduces Banu Hashim and Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib as the best of Arab, or even the best of man; but considering that most of the hadiths are narrated in the time of Banu 'Abbas, it is possible that these had been faked in the support of Abbasids, especially that they wanted to stress their relation to Banu Hashim. So the good encounter of the Prophet (s) with some of Banu Hashim was because of their faith not only that they were his relatives.