How does damaging ḥashw differ from non-damaging ḥashw?
Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāt: Standards of Expression and Their Distinctions
- Damaging padding preserves meaning; harmless padding spoils it
- Both necessarily convey equal benefit
- Both are exemplary forms of purposeful expansion
- The first distorts meaning; the second is idle without distortion