Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from Sufyan ibn Abi Zuhayr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Syria will be conquered, and people will go out from Medina with their families, hastening away—while Medina is better for them, if only they knew. Then Yemen will be conquered, and people will go out from Medina with their families, hastening away—while Medina is better for them, if only they knew. Then Iraq will be conquered, and people will go out from Medina with their families, hastening away—while Medina is better for them, if only they knew."