(1) بَابُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ}
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Regarding the Verse: 'And (We) made you into Shu'ub and Qabail-- (49.13) that Shu'uib means the big Qabail (i.e. nations) while the Qabail (i.e. tribes) means the branch tribes. (ES)
Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 3489 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 61, Hadith 1 (ES)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 695 (ES)