مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(الخِلَافَةُ فِي المَدِينَةِ وَالمُلْكُ فِي الشَّامِ)
(The caliphate is in Medina, and the kingdom is in Sham)
Hadith 6279
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْخِلَافَةُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَالْمُلْكُ بِالشَّام»
Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, "The Caliphate will be in Medina and the kingdom in Syria."
