Taking permission from Ayesha

It is narrated from Amr bin Maimoon that: Umar bin Khattab said to his son, “Abdullah: Go to Ayesha, mother of believers and say: Umar conveys his greetings to you – and don’t say ‘chief of believers’, because today I am not the chief of believers – and seeks your permission for my burial besides Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and his friend, Abu Bakr.”

Abdullah went to Ayesha and greeted her and sought permission to enter. When he entered, he saw Ayesha weeping and said: “Umar conveys greetings to you and asks your permission for burial besides Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and Abu Bakr.”

Ayesha said: “I myself wanted to be buried at that place, but now I prefer him over myself.” So, 

Abdullah returned from there. When people saw him, they remarked: Abdullah has returned.

Umar said: “Raise me up.” People helped him to rise up. Umar asked: “What happened?”

Abdullah replied: “Permission is granted for what the chief of believers requested.”

Umar said: “Praise be to Allah, nothing was more important to be than this place of burial; thus, when I pass away, carry my body there and if Ayesha changes her view and prevents the burial, take me to the cemetery of Muslims and bury me there.”

[Saheeh Bukhari, 2:263; and 5:226 [1/469, H. 1328; and 3/1355, H. 3497]