LessonsAdvanced Applied Usul: Testing Evidence and Inference (Supplementary)Quiz

فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ
Do not even say “uff” to your parents.

The wording directly forbids this minor expression of disrespect. The prohibition of a more severe injury is understood by dalalat al-nass, because the intelligible basis of the original prohibition is harm and disrespect. The extension does not depend on the more severe act being named explicitly; it follows from the evident meaning of the prohibition.

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Dalalat al-nass: from a lesser to a greater injury

Advanced Applied Usul: Testing Evidence and Inference (Supplementary)

فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ
Do not even say “uff” to your parents.

The wording directly forbids this minor expression of disrespect. The prohibition of a more severe injury is understood by dalalat al-nass, because the intelligible basis of the original prohibition is harm and disrespect. The extension does not depend on the more severe act being named explicitly; it follows from the evident meaning of the prohibition.