I was sitting in one of the gatherings of the Ansar when Abu Musa came in alarmed. We asked him, "What has alarmed you?"He said, "Umar ordered me to come to him, so I went and sought permission to enter three times, but I was not granted permission, so I returned. Then he said, 'What kept you from coming to me?'I replied, 'I did come, and I sought permission three times, but I was not granted permission, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you seeks permission three times and is not granted it, let him return."'He said, 'You must bring me proof of this.'"Abu Saeed said, "None will go with you except the youngest of the people." So Abu Saeed went with him and bore witness for him.
حدثنا أحمد بن عبدة أخبرنا سفيان عن يزيد بن خصيفة عن بسر بن سعيد
كنت جالسا في مجلس من مجالس الأنصار فجاء أبو موسى فزعا فقلنا له ما أفزعك قال أمرني عمر أن آتيه فأتيته فاستأذنت ثلاثا فلم يؤذن لي فرجعت فقال ما منعك أن تأتيني قلت قد جئت فاستأذنت ثلاثا فلم يؤذن لي وقد قال رسول الله ﷺ إذا استأذن أحدكم ثلاثا فلم يؤذن له فليرجع قال لتأتين على هذا بالبينة فقال أبو سعيد لا يقوم معك إلا أصغر القوم قال فقام أبو سعيد معه فشهد له
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Permission Seeking, Chapter on Greeting and Seeking Permission Three Times, hadith no. 6245, and Muslim in the Book of Manners, Chapter on Seeking Permission, hadith no. 33/2153, from the hadith of Sufyan bin Uyayna, with this same chain.