ولم يسمع - فيما يُرَى - ما أمَرَ به رسولُ الله في الصحراء، فَيُفَرِّقَ بيْن الصحراء والمنازل، فيقولَ بالنهي في الصحراء وبِالرخصة في المنازل، فيكون قد قال بما سمع ورأى، وفرَّقَ بالدلالة عن رسول الله على ما فرق بينه، لافتراق حال الصحراء والمنازل
It seems that he did not hear what God’s Emissary commanded be done in the desert, that he might distinguish between the desert and settled areas and thus hold the prohibition to be operative in the desert while recognizing the existence of a dispensation for settled areas. Otherwise, he would have held a different view—based on what he heard and saw—and drawn a distinction, using the indication that God’s Emissary had made because of the difference between the situation in the desert and in settlements