What is the role of Islam in protecting the environment?
Islam has preserved the environment by prohibiting corruption on Earth and the destruction of crops and offspring, and by emphasizing the principle of "no harm, no harassment." It also commanded its preservation through:
1. Agriculture and Planting: Encouraging cultivation, reviving barren land, and clarifying the reward for doing so. 2. Cleanliness: Removing harm from the path and making it a branch of faith. 3. Animal Welfare: Prohibiting torturing animals or using them for sport. 4. Protecting Public Places: Prohibiting defecating in people's paths or under their shade. 5. Water Conservation: Prohibiting the pollution of stagnant water.
Therefore, Islam prohibits forms of environmental corruption practiced by some peoples, such as nuclear pollution, food waste, the extermination of living organisms, and the excessive use of resources.
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