Returning To The Desert Life After Having Emigrated
Darussalam · Volume 5
39. The Book Of Al-Bay'ah (Oath Of Allegiance)[1]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4186 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 151
Source no. 4186 · Volume 9 · Page 258
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4191. It was narrated from Salamah bin Al-Akwa' that he entered upon Al-Hajjāj who said: "O son of Al-Akwa', you have turned on your heels (i.e., deserted Islam) by staying in the desert with the Bedouins." He said: "No; the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ gave me permission to stay in the desert with the Bedouins." (Sahīh)
4186 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى الْحَجَّاجِ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ، ارْتَدَدْتَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْكَ، - وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا وَبَدَوْتَ - قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّ «رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَذِنَ لِي فِي الْبُدُوِّ»
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Hajjaj was a governor at that time. He questioned Salamah on the basis that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had prohibited returning to Bedouin life after Hijrah, in a narration mentioning the curse on one who does that. See No. 5105. But Salamah was particularly exempt from this matter, and in similar cases when Fitnah erupts. See No. 5039 and Al-Bukhârî's 7088, who narrated these in the same chapter.