Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34634 — Reports on the virtue of Kufah

Al-Sa'ib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: "Where are you from?" I said: "I am from the people of Kufa." At this he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By the One in whose Hand of power is my soul, people will surely travel from it to the land of the Arabs, owning neither a qafiz nor a dirham. And even then it will not save you."