Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #901
Consequences
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: مَا تَعُدُّونَ الْكَرَمَ؟ وَقَدْ بَيَّنَ اللَّهُ الْكَرَمَ، فَأَكْرَمُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ، مَا تَعُدُّونَ الْحَسَبَ؟ أَفْضَلُكُمْ حَسَبًا أَحْسَنُكُمْ خُلُقًا.
Ibn 'Abbas said, "What do you reckon to be nobility? Allah has
made nobility clear. The noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one
with the greatest taqwa. What do you reckon as lineage? The best of you
in lineage is the best of you in character."
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This hadith is #901 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Consequences.