D) Asking permission for entering the parents’ room
“O you who believe! Do let those whom your right hands possess, and those of you who have not reached to puberty, ask permission of you at three times (for coming into your room): before the morning prayer, and at midday when you put off your clothes, and after the night prayer. (These are) three times of privacy for you. It is no sin for you or for them (if) after those (three times), some of you go round attendant upon the others. Thus, does Allah make clear the revelations for you; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” “And when the children among you reach puberty then let them ask permission even as those before them used to ask it. Thus, does Allah make clear His revelations for you? Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise.”1
317. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, narrating from ‘Atā' ibn Yasār who said: “A man asked the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.): “O Messenger of Allah! Should I ask permission to enter to see my mother?”
He answered: “Yes.”
The man said: “I live in the same room with her.”
He (s.a.w.) said: “Ask permission from her.”
The man said: “I am serving her.”
The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Do you like to see her naked?”
The man answered: “No.”
He (s.a.w.) said: “Then ask permission from her.”2
318. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “A man came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Should I ask permission when I want to enter and see my mother?”
He (s.a.w.) said: “Yes. Do you like seeing her naked?”
The man said: “No.”
He (s.a.w.) said: “Then ask for her permission.”3
1.. Qurān, ۲۴:۵۸-۵۹.
2.. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, vol. ۷, p. ۱۵۷, h. ۱۳۵۵۸. al-Durr al-Manthur, vol. ۶, p. ۲۲۰.
3.. Da‘ā'im al-Islām, vol. ۲, p. ۲۰۲, h. ۷۴۱, narrating from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.).
