Sleeping in Same Room as Son

Wa Alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu,

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate

It would be permitted for them to sleep in the same room—as long as nothing untoward or undignified is feared to take place. What is not permitted is for two adults to sleep unclothed under the same sheet, for obvious reasons. [Saffarini, Ghidha’ al-Albab Sharh Mandhumat al-Adaab, 2.352-353]

The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,

“Let no man sleep with another under one sheet, and let no woman sleep with another under one sheet.” [Muslim and Ahmad]

Imam Tumurtashi stated in his Tanwir al-Absar, the most accurate and detailed of primers (mutun) in Hanafi fiqh, (with notes from Ibn Abidin)

“It is not permitted for a man to sleep with another man [A: under one sheet, without a barrier… naked], even if they are on different sides of the bed.” [Radd al-Muhtar `ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar Sharh Tanwir al-Absar, 6.382]

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani