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What are the verses or noble hadiths that clarify Islam's stance on noise and pollution?

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Noise means the mixed voices and commotion of people, and it is reprehensible in Islamic law if it involves raising one's voice unnecessarily, as Allah the Almighty said: ﴿And lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of voices is the voice of donkeys.﴾ As for pollution, Islam encouraged preserving the environment and prohibited its corruption long before modern civilization called for it.

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