The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 1456 (#Ḥadīth #4)
Chapter 175 | Kinds of People Opposed to Shi’a, al-Qadria, al-Khawarij, al-Murji’ah and People of Towns (Names of People of Certain Beliefs)
4ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ لَيَكْفُرُونَ بِالله جَهْرَةً وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَخْبَثُ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَخْبَثُ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ ضِعْفاً.
4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’a from abu Basir from one of the two Imams who has said the following: “People of Makka disbelieve Allah openly and people of Madina are seventy times filthier than those of Makka.”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).