The occasion of the Bedouin's supplication: O Allah, have mercy on me and Muhammad

Question:
Shaykh Salih, what is the occasion of the Bedouin saying, "O Allah, have mercy on me and Muhammad, and do not have mercy on anyone with us"?

Answer:
This is ignorance; ignorance prevails among the Bedouins. Therefore, when a Bedouin came and the Companions were sitting around the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Bedouin urinated in a corner of the mosque because he was ignorant. The people rushed to him to rebuke and scold him, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Leave him alone." They left him until he finished urinating. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and guided him, saying, "Mosques were not built for this; they were built for the remembrance of Allah and prayer." He guided him to the status of mosques and what is required of them in terms of respect, purification, and cleanliness. He (peace and blessings be upon him) taught him with gentleness. So the Bedouin...
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided him and was gentle with him, and prevented the Companions from stopping his urination, the Bedouin realized the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) compassion, mercy, and good teaching of the ignorant. So he said, "O Allah, have mercy on me and Muhammad, and do not have mercy on anyone with us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You have made a vast matter narrow, O brother of the Arabs." Yes.

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