What is the authenticity of the following hadiths: "Two men boasted before the Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, one from Mudar and the other from Yemen. The Yemeni said: 'I am from Himyar, not from Rabi'a, nor from Mudar.' The Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to him: '(So may your escape be more difficult, your luck more wretched, and your distance from your Prophet greater),'" and (The best of the Arabs are Mudar, and the best of Mudar are Banu Abd Manaf)?
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The Hadith (Two men boasted in the presence of the Prophet, peace be upon him) is weak because its chain of narration is unknown.
And the Hadith (The best of the Arabs are Mudar) is weak because Al-Kalbi is accused of lying, and the people of knowledge have agreed on weakening Al-Kalbi's narrations from Abu Salih.
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