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  • Is protecting the environment a religious obligation in Islam? Is there something in Islamic law that demands protection of the environment? What’s the individual’s responsibility in that process?

    Islamic Law in Protecting Environment

    Is protecting the environment a religious obligation in Islam? Is there something in Islamic law that demands protection of the environment? What’s the individual’s responsibility in that process?
  • What does the Creator of the universe tell us about the universe and what does the universe tell about its Maker? Where does man stand in the divine process?

    Islam and Natural Resources: Water and Air

    What does the Creator of the universe tell us about the universe and what does the universe tell about its Maker? Where does man stand in the divine process?
  • God created man to live in harmony with other aspects of His creation not to waste or misuse them. See how God’s custodian on earth has to fulfill this responsibility…

    What Islam Offers the Earth

    God created man to live in harmony with other aspects of His creation not to waste or misuse them. See how God’s custodian on earth has to fulfill this responsibility…
  • Disasters like hurricane Sandy are not merely a freak of nature. It tells much about God’s will and ultimate power in contrast with man’s. Such disasters are both a lesson and an opportunity to reconsider our relationship with God.

    Hurricane Sandy from an Islamic Perspective

    Disasters like hurricane Sandy are not merely a freak of nature. It tells much about God’s will and ultimate power in contrast with man’s. Such disasters are both a lesson and an opportunity to reconsider our relationship with God.
  • There is no denying the importance of plants and animals as living resources of enormous benefit, without which neither man nor other species could survive. God – be He exalted -has not made any of His creatures worthless: every single form of life is the product of a special and [...]

    Plants and Animals

    There is no denying the importance of plants and animals as living resources of enormous benefit, without which neither man nor other species could survive. God – be He exalted -has not made any of His creatures worthless: every single form of life is the product of a special and [...]
  • If Islam is thus vigorous in its protection of the basic elements of the environment for the benefit of present and future generations, it is equally earnest in the protection of man and the environment from the harmful impacts of external factors such as chemical products and wastes. Damage of [...]

    Protecting ourselves from ourselves

    If Islam is thus vigorous in its protection of the basic elements of the environment for the benefit of present and future generations, it is equally earnest in the protection of man and the environment from the harmful impacts of external factors such as chemical products and wastes. Damage of [...]
  • God has made the land a source of sustenance and livelihood for us and other living creatures: He has made the soil fertile to grow the vegetation upon which we and all animal life depend

    The Land and Soil

    God has made the land a source of sustenance and livelihood for us and other living creatures: He has made the soil fertile to grow the vegetation upon which we and all animal life depend
  • Among the prerequisites for effective conservation of the natural environment are appropriate institutional arrangements by which society may allocate the usufruct of natural resources, by which the users may be made responsible for their proper maintenance, and through which models, encouragements, and in incentives are established for their beneficial use [...]

    Institutions Conservation and Sustainable

    Among the prerequisites for effective conservation of the natural environment are appropriate institutional arrangements by which society may allocate the usufruct of natural resources, by which the users may be made responsible for their proper maintenance, and through which models, encouragements, and in incentives are established for their beneficial use [...]
  • (a) In Islamic law, God alone is the real owner of the earth and all that it contains. “People do not in fact own things, for the only real owner of things is their Creator, be He glorified and exalted. Indeed, people do not own anything but their usufruct ill [...]

    Principles Governing Public Policy and Law

    (a) In Islamic law, God alone is the real owner of the earth and all that it contains. “People do not in fact own things, for the only real owner of things is their Creator, be He glorified and exalted. Indeed, people do not own anything but their usufruct ill [...]
  • 1. All things that God has created in this universe are created in due proportion and measure both quantitatively and qualitatively. God has declared in the Qur’an, “Verily, all things have We created by measure [1] and “Everything to Him is measured. [2] And He says, “And We have produced [...]

    Islam’s attitude toward the universe

    1. All things that God has created in this universe are created in due proportion and measure both quantitatively and qualitatively. God has declared in the Qur’an, “Verily, all things have We created by measure [1] and “Everything to Him is measured. [2] And He says, “And We have produced [...]