Salam,
You know what absolutely perturbs me is when a Muslim doesn't recycle. That's right. I find it hypocritical of every believing Muslim man and Muslim woman to deny their environment of cleanliness when simultaneously they love God and His blessings.
We fail to realize that one of Allah's blessings is that he placed us down on this Earth. We live on His creation. We breathe, eat, sleep, believe on the Earth he created only for us.
Every Muslim must be an environmentalist. If you love Allah, you love His bounties, one being the environment.
“There is none amongst the believers who plants a tree, or sows a seed, and then a bird, or a person, or an animal eats thereof, but it is regarded as having given a charitable gift.” [Al-Bukhari, III:513]. Even our Prophet was an environmentalist. Based on every account of his deeds, Mohammad (Peace and Blessings upon him) had deep respect for nature, and this "emotional attachment" to the elements earth, water, fire, air.
So I came across this amazing article written by F. Chatel, "Prophet Mohammad: A Pioneer of Environment" and she discusses the Prophet's environmental philosophy and how its based on three main concepts: Tawhid (oneness of God), Khalifa (stewardship), and amana (trust). According to Chatel, if one believes in Allah, he or she would take the responsibility to purify and preserve His Earth. This duty to the environment is based on Allah's trust. Therefore, we cannot break this trust.
“Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of man; but most people know not [40:57]”.
So if this Earth is greater a creation than us, humans, we must do everything in our power to purify and sustain our God-given environment. .
“The earth has been created for me as a mosque and as a means of purification.” [Al-Bukhari I:331]
subhanAllah, fellow Muslims. Start recycling :) NOW
You know what absolutely perturbs me is when a Muslim doesn't recycle. That's right. I find it hypocritical of every believing Muslim man and Muslim woman to deny their environment of cleanliness when simultaneously they love God and His blessings.
We fail to realize that one of Allah's blessings is that he placed us down on this Earth. We live on His creation. We breathe, eat, sleep, believe on the Earth he created only for us.
Every Muslim must be an environmentalist. If you love Allah, you love His bounties, one being the environment.
“There is none amongst the believers who plants a tree, or sows a seed, and then a bird, or a person, or an animal eats thereof, but it is regarded as having given a charitable gift.” [Al-Bukhari, III:513]. Even our Prophet was an environmentalist. Based on every account of his deeds, Mohammad (Peace and Blessings upon him) had deep respect for nature, and this "emotional attachment" to the elements earth, water, fire, air.
So I came across this amazing article written by F. Chatel, "Prophet Mohammad: A Pioneer of Environment" and she discusses the Prophet's environmental philosophy and how its based on three main concepts: Tawhid (oneness of God), Khalifa (stewardship), and amana (trust). According to Chatel, if one believes in Allah, he or she would take the responsibility to purify and preserve His Earth. This duty to the environment is based on Allah's trust. Therefore, we cannot break this trust.
“Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of man; but most people know not [40:57]”.
So if this Earth is greater a creation than us, humans, we must do everything in our power to purify and sustain our God-given environment. .
“The earth has been created for me as a mosque and as a means of purification.” [Al-Bukhari I:331]
subhanAllah, fellow Muslims. Start recycling :) NOW
posted by The Patient Cactus @ 3/27/2006 11:06:00 PM
6 Comments:
At Tue Mar 28, 10:31:00 PM EST ,
Anonymous said...
Salaam dawg,
The many faces of Sabra ... never been introduced to the environmentalist one. :) We recycle at home so no sweat, sistah. And plus, I haven't littered for YEARS! I'm one of those quiet environmentalist that will pick up the garbage of people who can't even hit the garbage can even when it's right in front of them! >:-0 Yeah, you should add that to your pet peeve list too. That annoys the crap out of me, personally.
Talk to you soon. :)
- Gabriel -
P.S.
I cannot figure out the "word verification" ... is than an "I" or a "J"! Whatever.
At Wed Mar 29, 12:35:00 AM EST ,
The Patient Cactus said...
lol. at least im not two-faced. i'm multiple-faced. mashaAllah.
and good for you bro.
At Wed Mar 29, 11:18:00 PM EST ,
Jetmir said...
nice post.
the muslim hands charity plants olive trees in palestine for just £10 "Olive trees give fruit and provide food, oil and medicine for hundres of years. They provide much needed livelihoods for over one million Palestinians."
http://www.muslimhands.org/Site/Pages/GreatCharityGifts/BrowseGifts?range=1
At Thu Mar 30, 03:53:00 PM EST ,
MnM310 said...
Ur so totally rite! Sadly, its a lot of the "muslim" people who don't recycle..i mean forget even recycling...cuz maybe that takes an extra step or somethng, but even littering is a huge problem. Sadly, when you go to the masjid for various events, think of the mess left behind?! ::shakes head::
ws sister! :P
At Thu Mar 30, 05:31:00 PM EST ,
Anonymous said...
you and my sister are just alike hahaha
At Thu Mar 30, 08:53:00 PM EST ,
KM said...
omg same here. i hate when people dont recycle, it makes me so agitated!! it makes me even sadder to see that my masjid doesnt have recyling bins everywhere. i know its gross but if someone in my house throws something recycable in the trash, i usually go and take it out =D alhamdulillah my fam getting better. plus our county came and dropped big blue bins at every house in the neighborhood, alhamdulillah.
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