The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 218 (#Ḥadīth #218)

218 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أَنْتَ يا عَلِيُّ وَوَلَداكَ خِيرَةُ اللَّهِ مِن خَلقِهُ.

31-218 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “O Ali! You and your two sons are from the best of the chosen creatures of God.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).