319. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “When a man wants to enter his father’s room, he should ask for permission, but it is not necessary for a father to ask permission from his son.” He [then] said: “And he must ask for permission from his daughter and his sister when they are married.”1
320. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Those who are in your possession and those who have not reached puberty should ask permission in three times as Allah has commanded you. He who has reached puberty should not enter his mother’s room, nor his sister’s, or aunt’s room or the rooms of other people without permission. Do not give permission for entry unless he greets.”2
321. al-Kāfi, narrating from Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Halabi who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.): “Must a man ask permission to enter his father’s room?”
He (a.s.) answered: “Yes. I used to ask permission from my father and my mother was not with him, but it was my father’s wife. My mother died when I was young. They might be doing something in their privacy that I would not like to encounter, and nor would they like me to intrude. Giving greetings [for asking for permission to enter] is the most correct and the best way.”3
F) The Danger of a child seeing his parents copulate:
322. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “By He who owns my soul, if a man has intercourse with his wife in a room where a little child is awake and can see them and can hear their voice and the sound of their breathing, that person will never prosper. If the child is
a boy, he will become an adulterer, and if it is a girl, she will become an adulteress.”4
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۵۲۸, h. ۳, narrating from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzāz. Mishkāt al-Anwār, p. ۳۴۴, h. ۱۱۰۱.
2.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۵۲۹, h. ۱, narrating from Jarrāh al-Madā'ini. Mishkāt al-Anwār, p. ۳۴۲, h. ۱۰۹۷.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۵۲۸, h. ۴. Tafsir Nur al-Thaqalayn, vol. ۳, p. ۵۸۶, h. ۸۶.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۵۰۰, h. ۲, narrating from Husain ibn Zaid from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.). ‘Awāli al-La'āli, vol. ۳, p. ۳۰۵, h. ۱۱۱, without ‘and the sound of their breathing’.