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Islam places such greatimportance on keepingour environment sae,
itis a part o aith.
Islam emphasizes the aesthetic value,
the ora and auna o our environment,
and how to keep it intact rom any sort
o pollution so that man can worship
his Lord without hindrance.
The Prophet said:
Faith has many branches; oneo them is removing a harmulthing rom
the road.
(Muslim and Abu Dawud)
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Reward &Punishment
Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased withhim, saw some people
practicing archeryusing a hen as a target, he said,
Te Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,cursed anyone who
took a living thing as atarget.
(Muslim)
Ibn Abbas said:
Te Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,orbade that animals
be made to ght each other,thus denouncing peoples habit o goading
animalsinto ghting each other until one o them waspecked or gored
to death, or close to it.
(Abu Dawud)
Te Quran condemned the Arabs o Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period)
or theirslitting the ears o cattle, calling this apractice inspired
by Satan.
(Quran 4:119)
Prophet Muhammad is
reported to have said:Whenever Muslims plant a tree, they will
earn the reward o charitybecause o the ood that comes rom it; and
likewise what is stolen romit, what the wild beasts eat out o it,
what the birds eat out o it, andwhat people take rom it is charity
or them.
(Muslim)
Besides this wonderul
image o Allahs pleasure and
orgiveness, the Prophet, peace
and blessings be upon him,
drew another one depicting
Allahs anger and punishment.
Te Prophet is also reported to have said,
Muslims will always earn the reward o charityor planting a tree
or sowing a crop which birds,humans, or animals then eat rom.
(Bukhari and Muslim)
Te Prophet related to his companionsthe story o a man who ound a
dog pantingout o thirst. He narrated:
Te man went down into a well, lled his shoeswith water and
ofered it to the dog to quenchits thirst. Te Prophet said, Ten
Allah wasgrateul to him and orgave him his sins. Tecompanions
asked, O Messenger o Allah! Isthere a reward or us with relation to
animals?He replied, Tere is a reward with (relation to)every living
creature.
(Bukhari)
He said:
A woman was deemed to enter the Fire because oa cat. She
imprisoned the cat and neither ed hernor set her ree to eat the
rodents o the earth.
(Bukhari)
Kindness to animals reaches such anextent that, when the Prophet
saw a donke ywith a branded ace he denounced such a
practice saying:I would not brand an animal except on the parto
its body arthest rom the ace.
(Muslim)
In another incident, he passed by adonkey with a branded ace and
said:
Have you not heard that I have cursed anyonewho brands an animal
on its ace or who hits iton its ace?
(Muslim)
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Protecting theEnvironment isa Religious Duty
Islam urges all people to protect theenvironment and calls them
not to polluteor spoil it. An example o this would be
theprohibition o urinating or deecating inthe street, or throwing
garbage, carcasses,industrial wastes and suchlike into waterbecause
doing so causes much harm to man,animals and the environment.
Prophet Muhammad ounded a veryimportant legal rule when he
said:
No harm shall be inicted or reciprocated in Islam.
(Ahmad)
Islam commands its ollowers to
adhere to standards o righteous
actions and good manners. Among
such good behaviours is protecting
the environment, which results in
benefts or individuals and society.
And the grazing livestock He has created or you;
in them is warmth and [numerous] benets, androm them you
eat.
(Quran 16:5)
And it is He who subjected the sea or you toeat rom it tender
meat and to extract rom itornaments which you wear. And you see the
shipsplowing through it, and [He subjected it] thatyou may seek o
His bounty; and perhaps youwill be grateul.
(Quran 16:14)
We can see what damage is caused to
the environment when we dont look
ater our surroundings and respect
them. By applying the aith o Islam
to our lives we will see improvements
being made or both this generation
and those generations to come.
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