Islamic Bioethics and the Environment

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter develops a framework for Islamic environmental bioethics, integrating Qur’anic principles, prophetic traditions, and contemporary scholarship to address the moral and clinical implications of climate change. While Islamic bioethics has traditionally focused on issues of life and death, extending its scope to environmental stewardship highlights the ethical duties of Muslims towards both creation and healthcare sustainability. Core concepts—stewardship (khilafah), balance (mizan), trust (amanah), avoidance of harm (dhulm), and public good (maslaha)—situate humans within an interconnected cosmos. These values also resonate with contemporary concerns in environmental justice, particularly health care’s disproportionate ecological footprint and the inequitable burden of environmental hazards on marginalized communities. The chapter argues that environmental degradation constitutes oppression and corruption, demanding justice-driven reform. Muslim clinicians and policymakers are called to integrate sustainability into health care, aligning environmental care with spiritual accountability and ethical responsibility to God.
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Authors Zamina Aziz
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/9780197807262.003.0004
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https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197807262.003.0004
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