قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى أَبِيهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى أَبِي وَ لَيْسَتْ أُمِّي عِنْدَهُ إِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَةُ أَبِي تُوُفِّيَتْ أُمِّي وَ أَنَا غُلَامٌ وَ قَدْ يَكُونُ مِنْ خَلْوَتِهِمَا مَا لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَفْجَأَهُمَا عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يُحِبَّانِ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي السَّلَامُ أَصْوَبُ وَ أَحْسَنُ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Abu Jameela, from Muhammad Bin Al Al Halby who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The man has to seek permission to his father (prior to entering his chamber)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes. I<sup>asws</sup> had sought permission upon my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> and my<sup>asws</sup> mother<sup>as</sup> was not with him<sup>asws</sup>. But rather, she was a wife of my<sup>asws</sup> father, my<sup>asws</sup> mother<sup>as</sup> had died and I<sup>asws</sup> was a boy, and there happened from their privacy what I<sup>asws</sup> did not like that I<sup>asws</sup> should surprise them, nor would they have like that from me<sup>asws</sup>. The greeting is more correct and better’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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