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  

Al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, quoting his father, said: I asked Aisha about living in the desert. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go to the desert to these rivulets. Once he intended to go to the desert and he sent to me a she-camel from the camel of sadaqah which had not been used for riding so far. He said to me: Aisha! show gentleness, for if gentleness is found in anything, it beautifies it and when it is taken out from anything it damages it. Ibn al-Sabbah said in his version: Muharramah means a mount which has not been used for riding.  

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 قَالَ ابْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ مُحَرَّمَةٌ يَعْنِي لَمْ تُرْكَبْ  

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Prophet ﷺ have a gentle disposition?" She said, "Yes, until this extent." She said, "There was a time when he appeared and then he sent me Yes, indicating a gift, so he gave me a forbidden camel." Hajjaj said, "It was not ridden (for transportation)." He said, "O Aisha, hold onto piety towards Allah and kindness. Verily, kindness beautifies everything and it is not removed from anything except that it brings disgrace to it."  

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبْدُو؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ التِّلَاعِ قَالَتْ فَبَدَا مَرَّةً فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ نَعَمَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَعْطَانِي نَاقَةًمُحَرَّمَةً قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ لَمْ تُرْكَبْ وَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ عَلَيْكِ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ ﷻ وَالرِّفْقِ فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يَكُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَمْ يُنْزَعِ الرِّفْقُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ