Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3273 — Dislike of living in the desert

The grandson of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) used to go to Tustar to visit his companions. He would stay there on the day of his arrival and the second day, and depart from there on the third day. The people would say to him: If only you would stay a little longer! To which he would say: "I heard my father say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me (or he said: I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding) 'tana'ah' (settling permanently on kharaj land); so whoever stays three days in a kharaj town has adopted 'tana'ah', and I dislike staying there (beyond three days)."
Imam Abu Ya'la narrated this hadith in his Musnad, al-Hasan bin Sufyan in his Musnad, and Abu Nu'aym also with his chain.