Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Miqdam bin Shurayh (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father, he says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about desert life. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to go to these sand dunes. Once, when he intended to live in the desert, he sent to me a she-camel from the camels of charity, upon which no one had yet ridden, and said: "Aisha! Be gentle, for whenever gentleness is found in something, it adorns it, and whenever gentleness is taken away from something, it makes it defective."