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The Principles of Islam - PDF - Islam 114 Dawah Group

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precious than such animals' life. Even then,<strong>Islam</strong> forbids subjecting these animal totorture. Starving animals that are used forhauling and toiling, overburdening them, orbeating them harshly is prohibited in <strong>Islam</strong>.So is trapping birds without valid rcason.<strong>Islam</strong> does not allow destroying treessenselessly, let alone harming animals. Wemay harvest the fruits <strong>of</strong>f the trees, or theflowers, but not to destroy them or uprootthem unnecessarily. wasting lifeless thingssuch as water, or the like is not permissibleeither.<strong>The</strong> Perpetual Universal Shari'ah<strong>The</strong> foregoing is just a synopsis <strong>of</strong> thelaws, and regulations <strong>of</strong> the chaste Shari'ahwith which our Prophet, Muhammad, peacebe upon him, is sent to mankind at large.Only the correct creed, and deed arethe criteria for distinguishing one man overanother in <strong>Islam</strong>. In fact, man-made laws,and religions that distinguish between oneman and another on the basis <strong>of</strong> lineage,79

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