Treatment of Animals and the Environment
There is not an animal (living) on the earth, nor a creature that flies with two wings which does not belong to a community like you (humans). (al-Qur’an 6:38)
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THE PROPHET 
said: ‘The world is green and delightful, and Allah has put you in charge of it and is watching how you behave’. (Muslim)
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ʿA’ISHAH 
said: ‘I was once riding a difficult (slow moving) camel, so I kept hitting it. When the Prophet saw me, he said: Be gentle, for gentleness adorns everything in which it is found, and its absence leaves everything tainted’. (Ahmad)
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ABDULLAH ibn Masʿūd 
reports: ‘We were travelling with Allah’s Messenger (…when) we saw a humarah bird with her two chicks, and we captured her chicks. The mother bird came and began to flutter her wings. Then the Prophet came and said, “Who has made this bird miserable by snatching her chicks? Return her chicks to her”. He also saw an ant colony that we had burnt. He asked, “Who has burnt this?” “We did”, we replied. He said, “It is not right for anyone but the Lord of fire to punish with fire”’. (Abu Dawud)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Anyone who kills even a sparrow for no reason (should know that) it will cry aloud to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, saying, ‘O my Lord! So-and-so killed me just for fun; he killed me for no good reason’! (Nasa’i)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Do not use any living thing as a target’. (Muslim)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Allah has commanded excellence in all things… If you slaughter, slaughter well. The one who slaughters should sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal’. (Muslim)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘If a Muslim plants a seedling or cultivates a field, whenever a bird, a human or an animal eats of it, it will be counted as charity for him’. (Muslim)