The Words of Wisdom and Purification — Page 103
THREE TIMES OF PRIVACY يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَعْرِ نكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَنُكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُم مِنكُمْ ثَلَثَ مَرَّتٍ مِن قَبْلِ صَلوةِ الْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ ت عَلَيْكُم وَمِنْ بَعْدِ صَلَوَةِ الْعِشَاءِ ثَلَاثُ عَوْرَاتِ لَكُمْ لَيْسَ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جنام بعد هُنَّ طَوَفُونَ عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْدَهُنَّ جُنَاحٌ بَعْضٍ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَتِ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمُ ) وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْأَطْفَلُ مِنكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَتَذَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَتِهِ، وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ. O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands. possess, (e. g. servants) and those of you who have not attained to puberty, ask leave of you at three times before coming into your presence: before the morning Prayer, and when you take off your clothes at noon in summer, and after the night Prayer. These are three times of privacy for you. At times other than these there is no blame on you or on them, for they have to move about waiting upon you, some of you attending upon others. . Thus does Allah make plain to you the Signs; for Allah is All-Knowing, Wise. . And when the children among you attain to puberty, they too should ask permission, even as those mentioned before them asked permission. Thus does Allah make plain to you His commandments; and Allah is All-Knowing,. Wise. (24:59,60) 103