Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34623 — Reports on the virtue of Kufah

Rabi' bin Umaylah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "A dispute arose between a man from Kufa and a man from Sham, and the two began to boast to one another. The Kufan said: 'We are the people of the day of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and of such and such days.' The Shami said: 'We are the people of the Battle of Yarmuk and of such and such days.' At this Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Allah did not make either of them a witness to the destruction of Ad and Thamud, nor did He consult either of them about it. And no town is more deserving of having a great calamity averted from it, meaning Kufa.'"