A Critical Study on Global Climate Change  in the Light of Shariah’s Objectives: A Critical Study on Global Climate Changein the Light of Shariah’s Objectives

Muhammad Mahmood ul Hassan Shah; Dr Abdul Ghaffar

doi:10.51506/8bkej082

Authors

Muhammad Mahmood ul Hassan Shah Ph.D Scholar, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan Author
Dr Abdul Ghaffar Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan Translator

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51506/8bkej082

Keywords:

Shariah’s Objectives, Global Climate Change, Reason-led Enlightenment, Revelation, Epistemology, Theology

Abstract

Shariah’s traditional objectives named: essentials (daruriyyah) needed, (hajiyyah) and complimentary (tahsinyyah), which are attributed to preserve the existence of nations; attainment of benefits and prevention from harms (munasibah/maslahah); adoption of the good things and avoidance from the bad manners. These interest-based objectives for mankind are basically derived from Quran and Sunnah^___the revelation. Ergo, revelation is a fundamental source of knowledge prior to nature and history in Islamic epistemology. On the contrary, Western epistemology is based on rationalism, empiricism and criticism which later morphed into the reason-led Enlightenment that brought about the revolt against God as well as the onset of industrial capitalism which consequently and evidently caused the global climate change.

A Critical Study on Global Climate Change in the Light of Shariah’s Objectives