Quranic Foundations And Structure Of Muslim Society

APPENDIX

 

 

DUTIES TO ANIMALS AND THINGS

 

Note: Duties to animals and things are really duties to Self, because in the final analysis, they form part of “duty of Conscientiousness”. Hence they have been included as appendix to

“Duties to Self.”

God says in the Holy Qur’an:

(1)

“… and do good to parents … and to what your right hands own…” (4:36).

According to the celebrated commentator Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, the expression “what your right hands own,” stands for all those that have no civil rights, including the dumb animals. Thus this verse lays down the duty of being good towards, and doing good to, the animals.

(2)

“It is He Who has created for you all things that are on the earth…” (2:29).

All things having been created for our benefit, it becomes our natural duty:

•           to protect everything from damage;

•           to employ it for our benefit in keeping with its dignity as God’s creation;

•         to promote its well-being, as far as possible, thereby establishing our thankfulness to God for His Blessing in a practical manner.

 

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to be continued . . . . . 

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