Intergenerational Justice in the Use of the Environment from the Quran and Hadiths Point of View

Environment has attracted so much attention recently. Misuse and increasing rate of environmental damaging activities have raised serious concern on current and future life of man. Thus it is necessary to scrutinize environmental issues from Islamic Jurisprudence point of view. Referring to the Quran, Hadiths, and logic, we can infer that all human beings have the right to enjoy a healthy environment. It is argued that religious resources make all human beings take care of the environment. Therefore, believers are obliged to respect others’ right in use of the environment and possession, and damaging the environment is religiously prohibited. Since encroaching on people’s right to enjoy a healthy environment is an instance of oppression, this issue is referred as intergenerational justice in the use of the environment.