حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَحْيَی عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَی أَنَّهُ أَتَی عُمَرَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ أَبُو مُوسَی يَسْتَأْذِنُ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَرَجَعَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ مَا رَدَّکَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ أَحَدُکُمْ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَهُ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَرْجِعْ قَالَ ائْتِنِي بِبَيِّنَةٍ عَلَی هَذَا فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ هَذَا أُبَيٌّ فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ يَا عُمَرُ لَا تَکُنْ عَذَابًا عَلَی أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَا أَکُونُ عَذَابًا عَلَی أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5181
Abu Musa said that he came to Umar and asked permission three times saying: Abu Musa asks permission, al-Ash’ari ask permission, and Abdullah bin Qais asks permission, but it was not granted to him. So he went away and Umar sent for him saying: what did you return? He replied: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you asks permission three times and it is not granted to him, he should go away. He said: Establish the proof of it. He went, came back, and said; This is Ubayy. Ubayy said: Umar, do not be an agony for the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Umar said: I shall not be an agony for the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020