Jami at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28849

Mahmoud bin Ghaylan told us, Omar bin Yunus told us, Ikrimah bin Ammar told us, Abu Zumail told me, Ibn Abbas told me, Omar told me Ibn Al-Khattab said: I asked permission to go to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, three times, and he permitted me. Abu Issa said: This is a good, strange hadith. And Abu Zumail’s name is Simak al-Hanafi. The only thing that Omar denounced in our view was Abu Musa, as he narrated on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “Seek permission three times, then if you are given permission, otherwise go back.” Omar had asked permission to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, three times, and he was given permission. He did not know this, which was narrated by Abu Musa on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “If he gives you permission, otherwise go back.”