LessonsIbarat, Isharat, Dalalat and Iqtida of Text: Four Routes to Legal MeaningQuiz

The reasoning has four stages:
1. The verse prohibits even “uff” toward parents.
2. Its wording shows that causing them distress or disrespect is objectionable.
3. Striking or insulting them embodies that harm more strongly.
4. Therefore the stronger form is also prohibited.

The text does not literally utter the word “striking.” The inference follows the linguistically evident ground of the prohibition.

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How the prohibition extends beyond uff

Ibarat, Isharat, Dalalat and Iqtida of Text: Four Routes to Legal Meaning

The reasoning has four stages:
1. The verse prohibits even “uff” toward parents.
2. Its wording shows that causing them distress or disrespect is objectionable.
3. Striking or insulting them embodies that harm more strongly.
4. Therefore the stronger form is also prohibited.

The text does not literally utter the word “striking.” The inference follows the linguistically evident ground of the prohibition.