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;D Happens to me all the time. Good question. I await a response from others too. :X

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I think yes. But it depends on the age. If the child has not attained balaagah, parents are not supposed to ask for permission.

I have, however, allowed my parents to come in anytime if my door is open. Sometimes they do forget to knock on the closed door thinking that I'd be just studying and not doing something private.
 
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This is more common sense than religion. The door is closed for a reason I guess. If they don't knock I'm sure they'll understand to knock next time.
 
mad_scientist said:
I think yes. But it depends on the age. If the child has not attained balaagah, parents are not supposed to ask for permission.

I have, however, allowed my parents to come in anytime if my door is open.
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I allow anyone to come in when my door is open, and my door is open majority of the time. But I suppose door closed or open is all the same to parents. lol
 
I agree with the others in that it all comes down to the person's age. I have given up long time ago though no matter how many times i tell them to please knock they never listen. Lol.
 
I don't think it has anything to do with religion, but then I could be wrong.

In my home, everyone knocks when the door is closed. Even when it is half-closed/opened, we usually knock before we enter. It's more of a common sense and respect for our family. That's how my father and late mother taught us.
 
Islamically speaking, there is no mention in seerah or sunnah of parents being required to knock on their son's or daughter's room door, unless it is a separate wing or regarded as a separate home.

The other way around though is mentioned clearly that a prepubescent child has to knock on the door of the room of their parents in the morning time, after noon, and in the evening after Isha:

"O you who believe! Let your slaves and those among you who have not come to the age of puberty ask permission
[before they come to your presence] on three occasions: before morning prayer, and while you put off your clothes for the
noonday [rest] and after the Isha [Night] Prayer. [These] three times are times of privacy for you. Other than those times
there is no sin for you or for them to move about, attending to each other. Thus Allah makes clear His signs to you. And
Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise" (al-Nur 58).

Older children must ask permission regardless of the time of day.

Wallahu 'AAlam
 
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Hmm, perhaps this links in with another thread about living with husbands parents. One issue which may be important is door knocking and whether it exists in ur future husbands house! What if the child is married yet still living at home, should the parents knock?
 
AnonymousGender said:
Are parents required to knock on the door if their child is in the room with the door closed?
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i dont really know whether this is even a question to ask i believe your parents have a right to walk in on you without knocking anyway