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:: Volume 1, Issue 59 (autumn 2025) ::
islamhistory 2025, 1(59): 25-28 Back to browse issues page
Environmental Attitudes in the Prophetic Practice of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and Their Impact on the Behavior of Early Muslims
Mohammad Mahmoudpour * , Abdolghader Barahouei
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The environment has always constituted an inseparable component of human life in human societies, and people's attitudes toward it have been shaped by their beliefs, values, and social and religious norms. In the early Islamic period, the Prophetic practice (Sunnah) of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), as a source possessing both legal authority and rational legitimacy, played a decisive role in shaping the environmental attitudes and behaviors of Muslims. The central question of this study is how the Prophetic practice of the Prophet of Islam influenced the environmental attitudes and behaviors of Muslims during the formative period of Islam. This research employs a descriptive–analytical approach, and its data were collected and analyzed based on biographical sources (sīrah), historical narrations, the letters and treaties of the Prophet of Islam, as well as historical reports concerning the conduct of early Muslims. The theoretical framework of the study demonstrates that the Prophetic practice hierarchically shaped environmental attitudes and behaviors through the values and ethical foundations of Islamic society. The findings indicate that the Prophet’s teachings regarding the protection of water, soil, air, plants, and animals led his followers to adopt collective and sustainable environmental practices within the Islamic community. In this regard, religious values, education, and the social context played fundamental roles in shaping Muslims’ interactions with the environment. This study emphasizes that the Prophetic practice of the Prophet of Islam, beyond its historical significance, is important as a normative model for analyzing the environmental behaviors of early Muslims and demonstrates that the relationship between humans and nature in the historical context of early Islam was the product of the synergistic interaction of religious values, practical conduct, and social structure
Keywords: Ethical values, environmental behavior, environment, natural resource management, Prophetic practice of the Prophet of Islam.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2025/07/1 | Accepted: 2025/09/16
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