Ibn Akwa, have you turned back on your heels? He mentioned a word meaning, "and have you become a bedouin?"He replied, "No, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me permission to live in the desert."
أخبرنا قتيبة قال حدثنا حاتم بن إسمعيل عن يزيد بن أبي عبيد عن سلمة بن الأكوع أنه دخل على
يا ابن الأكوع ارتددت على عقبيك وذكر كلمة معناها وبدوت قال لا ولكن رسول الله ﷺ أذن لي في البدو
Bukhari narrated it, Fitan, chapter titled "Living Among the Bedouins During Turmoil," hadith: 7087, and Muslim, Emirate, chapter titled "The Prohibition of an Emigrant Returning to Settle in His Homeland," hadith: 1862, both from Qutayba through him, and it is found in Kubra, hadith: 7809.