[Machine] "Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan said: 'The people of Mecca expelled the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so the caliphate should not be among them. And the people of Medina killed Uthman, so the caliphate should never return to them.'"  

مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ أَخْرَجُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَا تَكُونُ فِيهِمُ الْخِلَافَةُ وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَتَلُوا عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَلَا تَعُودُ الْخِلَافَةُ فِيهِمْ أَبَدًا»