Principles of war and jihad to protect the environment and civilians in times of war in Islamic Sharia

Abstract

The use of destructive weapons in wars without restrictions and controls, which eat green and dry land, pollute the environment and cause genocide, has become the problem of the times.

International conventions for the protection of the environment during armed conflicts are characterized by generality, ambiguity, and open to interpretation by the participating states in the agreement, and each state interprets these texts to serve its interests, but the Islamic Sharia stipulates the prohibition of the use of these comprehensive destructive weapons in an unambiguous manner, As stated in the Holy Quran:

                 البقرة [190]

The modern wars that took place in the world such as the First and Second World Wars, and other wars that took place in the region, including: the first and second Gulf wars and the Iran-Iraq war were known for great violations by the warriors using all prohibited weapons despite these agreements and laws that prevent this, but the Islamic wars and the conquests that After the time of the Messenger and the Rightly-guided Caliphs, evidence of corruption, arson and major crimes was not transmitted to very limited cases and when the warriors fell short. Islamic Sharia prohibits genocide not only for humans but for animals, birds and insects in order to preserve biological diversity and protect the environment and its balance that God created.

War has existed since the existence of man on earth and its results have been cruel and destructive, and with it there have been customs, traditions, principles and controls to reduce its dangers, until what we see today of treaties, agreements and laws have reached to limit them and not expose the innocent to their woes, but as we have said, we did not and will not find a law or law that controls War and it sets controls and goes into its details and guarantees protection for civilians and those who are unable to fight, as the tolerant Islamic Sharia is integrated and comprehensive, and what we find from the lofty principles in the laws we find their roots in Islamic Sharia.

If the principles of Sharia were taken as a basic source for the laws of war, the destruction of humanity and its environment as a result of unjust wars in the whole world and in our country in particular would not have occurred.