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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Environmental Protection in Islamic Shari`a The Planet Environment "It is He Who sends down rain from the sky: From it ye drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle." "With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit: Verily in this is a sign for those who give thought." Holy Qur'an (Nahl 16:10-11) In our previous discussion, we have offered the opinions and outlooks of some experts and researches in the field of plants and forests, and the plant's relationship with the environmental balance and well-being.

Likewise, we have shown the role played by plants in man's and the animal's lives, not in the realm of clothes, medicine or food, rather in organizing the natural environment and its balance. The importance of arranging the ratio of oxygen and carbondioxide, as well as, fighting and stopping floods and rectifying the atmosphere and renewing the fertility of the soil, have, also, been pointed out.

Plants are the third living creature in this world and the first living, producing creature, therefore, plants are man's and animal's companions. In this regard, the Holy Qur'an in different places talks about plants, crops, trees and arable land, as well as, plant's environment and the relationship between man and plants.

The Islamic message encourages the act of farming and planting trees and prohibits the cutting and removing of trees during war, as some aggressive rulers practiced in their time, due to their aggressive behavior. So, Islam calls for protecting the plant's environment and encourag -es the planting of trees and farming, so as to preserve the environmental sanity of the society.

Rather, Islam regards the act of planting trees and preserving the earth as an act of worship and a charity for the doer as an act which conforms with the com -panionship of man and animals with the plants.