Jainism ke anusar, gaali dena ya dusre ko apmaanit karna "vachan ka asatya" aur "himsak vachan" ke antargat aata hai. Is tarah ke vachan se dusre ko dukh hota hai, jo ki himsa hai. Jain dharm me himsa ke paanch mukhya roop hote hain: vachan, man, sharir, dravya, aur bhav se. Gaali dena vachan se himsa hai aur yeh paap hai.

Is prakar ke paap ko "arati" (krodh, maan, maya, lobh) se bhi joda ja sakta hai, jo ashubh karma ka karan bante hain. Gaali dene se dusre ki bhavna ko thes pahunchti hai, isliye Jain dharm me madhur, satya, aur ahinsak vachan bolne ki salah di gayi hai.

Samanya roop se, gaali dena Jain dharm ke anusar paap hai kyunki yeh himsa, asatya, aur apriy vachan ke roop me aata hai.