Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو مُوسَى عَلَى عُمَرَ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُ عُمَرُ فَرَجَعَ فَلَقِيَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ رَجَعْتَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتَأْذَنَ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَلْيَرْجِعْ قَالَ لَتَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى هَذَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ أَوْ لَأَفْعَلَنَّ وَلَأَفْعَلَنَّ فَأَتَى مَجْلِسَ قَوْمِهِ فَنَاشَدَهُمْ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا مَعَكَ فَشَهِدُوا لَهُ بِذَلِكَ فَخَلَّا سَبِيلَهُمْ.
English Translation
Yazid told us, Dawud informed us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: Abu Musa sought permission to enter upon Umar three times, but Umar did not give him permission, so he went back. Umar then met him and said: "What is the matter with you, that you went back?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'Whoever seeks permission three times and is not given permission, let him go back.'" He said: "You must bring evidence for this, or I will do such-and-such." So he went to a gathering of his people and adjured them by Allah, Mighty and Sublime — I said: "I am with you" — and they testified for him accordingly, so he let them go their way.