Islamic teachings for the preservation of the environment

Since the man evolved on earth, he has tried his utmost to meet his every need whether that need was legitimate or not. In this process of meeting his needs, he used the available resources extravagantly, which resulted in the depletion of natural resources and the pollution of the environment. The environment plays a vital role in the development of the mankind because everything needed is extracted from it. In the same time, Man adopted different types of religious beliefs which he gives more importance than anything. Every man tries to follow his religion at the utmost. This paper is an attempt to show how Islam has given principles for the protection and preservation of the different components of the environment. As the whole world is trying to cope up this problem, the religion must also play it’s role in the protection of environment. Some teachings of Islam are presented in this paper which exclusively provide the rulings to save the environment from getting depleted or polluted.