The scholar Abu Ali Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Tousi narrated from his blessed father the scholar AbiJaafar Al-Tousi, from the scholar AhuAbdillah Mohammad bin Mohammad bin No’man, from Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Omar Al-Jo’aabi, from Jaafar bin Mohammad bin SulaymaanAbulFaz’l, from Dawud bin Rashid, from Mohammad bin Is’haaq Al-Thaalabi Al-Mouseli, from JAAFAR BIN MOHAMMAD (ASWS), who said:
We are the best of ALLAH (SWT)’s creation and our Shia are the best of the nation of the Prophets.
(Ref :Amaali of Mufid 508.Amaall of Tousi 1:76)