Islam and the Environment الإسلام والبيئة

The Islamic tradition, like many other faiths, is rich with wisdom about our relationship with the environment. The Qur'an calls upon humans to reflect upon the miracle of creation, build our inner and outer selves through nature, witness the sacredness of the natural world, and maintain the balance that has been set, and so much more. Some have estimated that as many as 750 verses in the Quran are related to nature. Many more volumes on this topic have been conveyed through the sayings of the Prophets and spiritual sages across history.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

              In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful 

سورة البقرة)205-) 
 { وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيِهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ وَٱللَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ ٱلفَسَادَ }

205-And when he turns his back, leaving you behind, he hastens, he walks, about the earth to do corruption there and to destroy the tillage and the stock (these [last two actions] are included in such ‘corruption’); and God loves not corruption, that is to say, it does not please Him.

(sūrat l-baqarah2)

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(2:205) When he gets power *225 he directs all his efforts towards spreading mischief in the land, destroying harvests and killing the human race whereas Allah (Whom he makes his witness) does not like mischief.

*225). The expression idha tawalla can be translated in two ways. First, in the manner of our translation of the text. It can also be translated to make the verse mean that when such people return from sweet and apparently genuine talk, they engage in arrogant and destructive action.

Hadith الحديث   

رواية مسلم عن جابر: [ما من مسلم يغرس غرسا إلا كان ما أكل منه له صدقة، وما سرق له منه صدقة، وما أكل السبع منه فهو له صدقة، وما أكلت الطير فهو له صدقة، ولا يرزؤه أحد إلا كان له صدقة]

 Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Never a Muslim plants a tree, but he has the reward of charity for him, for what is eaten out of that is charity; what is stolen out of that, what the beasts eat out of that, what the birds eat out of that is charity for him. (In short) none incurs a los! k to him but it becomes a charity on his part)Sahih Muslim(