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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri said:I was sitting in one of the meeting of the Ansar. Abu Musa came terrified. We asked him; what makes you terrified? He replied: ‘Umar sent for me; so I went to him and asked his permission three times, but he did not permit me (to enter), so I came back. He asked; what has prevented you from coming to me? I replied: I came and asked permission three times, but it was not granted to me (so I returned). The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) has said: When one of you asks permission three times and it is not granted to him, he should go away. He (‘Umar’) said; establish the proof of it. So Abu Sa’id said: the youngest of the people will accompany you. So Abu Sa’id got up with him and testified

حدثنا احمد بن عبدة، اخبرنا سفيان، عن يزيد بن خصيفة، عن بسر بن سعيد، عن ابي سعيد الخدري، قال كنت جالسا في مجلس من مجالس الانصار فجاء ابو موسى فزعا فقلنا له ما افزعك قال امرني عمر ان اتيه فاتيته فاستاذنت ثلاثا فلم يوذن لي فرجعت فقال ما منعك ان تاتيني قلت قد جيت فاستاذنت ثلاثا فلم يوذن لي وقد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا استاذن احدكم ثلاثا فلم يوذن له فليرجع " . قال لتاتيني على هذا بالبينة قال فقال ابو سعيد لا يقوم معك الا اصغر القوم . قال فقام ابو سعيد معه فشهد له