Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى هُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ صَوْتَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ آنِفًا قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَاطْلُبُوهُ قَالَ فَطَلَبُوهُ فَدُعِيَ فَقَالَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَرَجَعْتُ كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِهَذَا فَقَالَ لَتَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ بِالْبَيِّنَةِ أَوْ لَأَفْعَلَنَّ قَالَ فَأَتَى مَسْجِدًا أَوْ مَجْلِسًا لِلْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالُوا لَا يَشْهَدُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَصْغَرُنَا فَقَامَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَشَهِدَ لَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ خَفِيَ هَذَا عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلْهَانِي عَنْهُ الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ.
English Translation
Yahya - that is Ibn Sa'id - told us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ata', from Ubayd b. Umayr, that Abu Musa sought permission to enter upon Umar, may Allah Almighty be pleased with him, three times, but was not given permission, so he went back. Umar said, "Did I not hear the voice of Abdullah b. Qays just now?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Then seek him out." So they sought him and he was summoned, and Umar said, "What made you do what you did?" He said, "I asked permission three times and was not given it, so I went back. We were commanded to do this." Umar said, "You must bring proof of this, or else I will do such-and-such." He said: So he went to a mosque or gathering of the Ansar, and they said, "None will testify for you except the youngest of us." So Abu Sa'id al-Khudri stood up and testified for him. Umar, may Allah Almighty be pleased with him, said, "This matter of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was hidden from me; trading in the markets distracted me from it."