Miqdan bin Shuraih reported on the authority of his father. I asked A’ishah about settling in the desert (to worship Allaah in loneliness). She said “The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ would go out (from Madina) to these torrential streams. Once he intended to go out to the desert (for worshipping Allaah). He sent me a She-Camel from the Camels of sadaqah that was not used as a mount. He said to me “A’ishah be lenient, for leniency makes a thing decorated and when it is removed from a thing it makes it defective.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْدُو إِلَى هَذِهِ التِّلاَعِ وَإِنَّهُ أَرَادَ الْبَدَاوَةَ مَرَّةً فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ نَاقَةً مُحَرَّمَةً مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا عَائِشَةُ ارْفُقِي فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَىْءٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ وَلاَ نُزِعَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ شَانَهُ  

[Machine] I said to Aisha, "Did the Prophet ﷺ show his emotions?" She replied, "Yes, he used to show his emotions on this hill. Once he wanted to go for a caravan raid, so he sent for some camels from the charity and gave me one of them. Then he said, 'O Aisha, be conscious of Allah and be gentle, for gentleness improves everything, and it is not removed from anything except that it ruins it.'"  

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبْدُو؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ كَانَ يَبْدُو إِلَى هَذِهِ التِّلَاعِ فَأَرَادَ الْبَدَاوَةَ مَرَّةً فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى نَعَمٍ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَعْطَانِي مِنْهَا نَاقَةً مُحَرَّمَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ عَلَيْكِ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ ﷻ وَالرِّفْقِ فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يَكُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَمْ يُنْزَعْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا شَانَهُ