Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3352
جامع الترمذي#3352Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةِ . قَالَ " ذَلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Anas bin Malik narrated that:A man said to the Prophet: “O best of creatures!” So he said: “That is Ibrahim.”
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan Sahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Muslim
In-book reference: 47:404