What are the limits and times of exposing shame between parents and children?
A71. The father’s limits of shame which he should cover in the presence of his sons and daughters are from the navel to the knees. The permission verse in chapter 19-58- speaks about children who are not adults but they understand the meanings of covering and exposing shame. They are commanded to seek permission for entrance upon their parents on the three times during which they are usually exposed or naked. These times are: Before dawn prayers, for it is the moment of the end of sleep and replacing the night garment with the day garment; then the noon break which is another occasion of possible exposure and thirdly after the night prayer which is again the occasion of exposure and possible nakedness for sleep. Otherwise, on all other times with the exception of these three occasions children and other members of the same family can enter upon each other without permission, because shame is usually covered on them.
