Fatwa and Sustainable Development Goals

Dr..

Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al-Haddad

October 21 2022

The General Secretariat of Fatwa Boards and Roles in the World held its seventh conference in Cairo on the 17th and 18th of this month, under the generous patronage of the President of the Republic of Egypt, and the organization of the Egyptian Dar Al-Iftaa. Arab and Islamic countries, and some United Nations bodies concerned with sustainable development, and the axes of this development were: the economy, the environment, and society.

{And you seek to what God has brought you the last house, and do not forget your share of this world, and I do well, as God is good for you, and you will not be the good.

The pursuit of it is not correct except by the righteousness of the body that lacks the necessities of life, such as good and sufficient food, clean air, and adequate clothing. Therefore, it is necessary to take care of the resources, so that their giving continues, and forbids and criminalizes corruption in the land.

Because this is a direct crime on the land on which God Almighty has entrusted man, and urged him to build it, and such meanings need intellectual directions, compelling a person to preserve what God Almighty has bestowed on his servants, and the one who is able to activate these directions are the scholars who set forth the law. God Almighty for His servants, so they had the duty of this statement and eloquence, so that life would be upright in its satisfactory face with our Lord, Glory be to Him, and with people in their present and future.

The topic of sustainable development is a new title, but in our Sharia it is an old structure, and people have neglected to raise it for a great deal of time, but Sharia and its scholars were not unaware of this, as their talk about it is old and renewed, in the necessity of preserving all the elements of life, health and money. Environmental safety, care for natural resources, and striving to develop handicraft and machine industries, all of which are recorded in the books of jurisprudence, and on the tongues of muftis, preachers and jurists.

However, some people may succumb to the guidance of Sharia, which is concerned with sustainable development, this care, rather than the right way, and go to corrupt the earth, intentionally or out of ignorance, by fabricating seditions, following whims, and complying with external temptations.. So the scholars had the duty to strive to bring back those who deviated from them. The group, and tried to corrupt, by wise advice based on dialogue and debate in the best way, and by clarifying the legal rulings that must be complied with, and the danger of committing foolishness on the individual and society, and the consequent wide corruption, and warning of the painful punishment of God Almighty for those who violate His command and prohibition, and warning against widespread Those temptations are by protecting society from being tempted by deviants from the path, protecting the youth and immunizing them with correct Shariah knowledge and useful knowledge, and preparing sound methods that preserve thought and do not feed it with such deviations. Face.

This beneficial conference came out with a final statement and useful recommendations, all showing that sustainable development is one of the tasks of our Islamic law, and that it is the duty of time, so every country must strive to achieve it, and that humanity is in danger if climate change continues to be neglected, and the duty of scientists is great in order to preserve development its sustainability;

Because their word is heard, and the communication and statement about God and His Messenger is obligatory.

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