Why did some of the Companions withdraw from the people and go far away from them during the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?

Question : He does not go out to the desert, and there he encounters the Bedouins, who are likewise ignorant. I mean, the howling is from the ignorant, and they curse the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). How did he choose the desert? The intended meaning is the Bedouins, meaning the outlying areas, so that he would not encounter them?

Answer : Because he was afraid for his religion, meaning he feared that he might fall into apostasy, may Allah protect us from that, because he did not have the ability to refute these doubts, or he feared, for example, that he would be forced to go out and fight the Muslims, and the like of that.