Explanation of the author's statement in his book Al-Adab al-Mufrad: The chapter on the one who is patient with the harm of people.

The Shaykh : ... Whom Allah guides, no one can mislead, and whom He leaves to mislead, no one can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. As for what follows, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The one who is patient with the harm of people". It was narrated with a sound chain from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), who said: This hadith clarifies that it is better for the Muslim to associate with people, to deal with them, and to mix with them, because in this association and mixing there is good for him and for those he mixes with. The one who mixes with people is either in need of knowledge, in which case his mixing with people allows him to benefit from what they have, especially if these people are among the people of knowledge, virtue, and good character. And if he is among those people, meaning among the people of knowledge, virtue, and good character, then it is even more fitting for him to be a benefit to those people he mixes with and associates with. The truth is that this hadith contains a refutation of a trend followed by some Islamic sects for a long time, namely those known as the Sufis. These Sufis were known among all Islamic groups or sects as being sequestered with themselves, dwelling in their corners and in houses they called by these specific names... and corners. Some of them even went so far as to leave living among people entirely, even in these corners and lodges. One of them would go out to live with the beasts in the deserts, wildernesses, and uninhabited places. All of this was to escape mixing with people, because they believed that this mixing did not bring them good, but rather brought them evil. Therefore, they preferred to live outside of buildings. They have many stories, and very many indeed, that were related in books of spiritual admonition and books of the miracles of the saints and the righteous, as they claimed. So this hadith contains a clear refutation of these people. Islam was not sent by our Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) for people to live in a single row, but rather Allah (Mighty and Majestic) sent down His religion and sent His messengers so that there would be a community in which some live with others, and some cooperate with others in good, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said: The man who lives alone and does not live among his kind does not have the opportunity to be described with this excellent attribute by which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) described this community, and one of its most prominent attributes is that you enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. The one who lives in the deserts, wildernesses, and uninhabited places does not find anyone to enjoin what is right for him and forbid what is wrong for him. He does not find anyone to teach him anything of what Allah taught, if he is in a state of knowledge. And if he is in a state of ignorance, he does not find anyone to learn from him what Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) taught. Therefore, he lives his entire life in a state of barrenness, like the lands in which he lives, barren of knowledge, barren of character, and barren of the assistance and gentleness that one like him should possess, considering that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) described the believer with many attributes, among which he said: , and this attribute of being gentle and soft cannot be imprinted on that person who lives in the deserts. Therefore, it came in many authentic hadiths... in which the Messenger (peace be upon him) described the Bedouins who live in the deserts and do not live in the cities as having hard hearts and harsh livers. So it is no wonder that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade in some hadiths the Bedouin who migrated from his desert to a city, to civilization, from returning to what he was accustomed to of desert life. Therefore, he (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said, to confirm this meaning that we are discussing: So how can a Muslim leave the Muslim community, not mix with them, not associate with them, and live alone as we mentioned, outside the cities in the wildernesses and deserts? At that time, his nature becomes harsh, his knowledge decreases, and natural matters become inverted and reversed for him. Among the effects of this inversion in this heart