The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 1181 (#Ḥadīth #2)
Chapter 111 | The Birth of The Holy Prophet and His Demise
2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله وَذَكَرَ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ فَقَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا بَرَأَ الله نَسَمَةً خَيْراً مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ
2. Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hajjal from Hammad from Abu ‘Abdallah who said the following: When mentioning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said, “Amir al-Mu’minin Ali has said, “Allah has not created any creature better than Muhammad ﷺ.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).