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Appendix to the Amman Declaration

1. Health is one of the greatest blessings God gave to human beings; in fact, it is the greatest after the blessing of faith. Along with security and the basic minimum needs, health is the guarantee of good life.The Prophet (pbuh) said:
"There are two blessings which people do not appreciate: health and leisure."
"No blessing other than faith is better than health."
"He who has security in his community group and is healthy in body and has his daily sustenance, is as if he had all the world at his finger tips.". Preservation of the blessing of health and increasing it come through being grateful, through working towards preserving and promoting it, through avoiding any behaviour that leads to its neglect or change as these bring about the disappearance of health and punishment through illness.God said: If you are grateful I will add more (favours) unto you (14:7).

*  Because God will never change the Grace which he has bestowed on a people until they change themselves (8:53).
*   He that tampers with the boon of God after it has been bestowed on him shall find that God is stem in retriblltion (2:211). Healthy nutrition is a balanced diet in conformity with the balance God created in everything.
   God said: So establish weight with illstice and fall not s'hort in the balance (55:9).
Seeking good food and avoiding bad food guarantees health. God said:
Eat of the wholesome things with which We have provided you (2: 172).

Eat of what is on earth, lawful and wholesome (2: 168).
And prohibits them from what is foul. To deprive oneself of good food without justification is against health and is not allowed in Islam.
God said: Make not unlawful the wholesome things which God has made lawful to you (5:87). Healthy nutrition, firstly consists of a balanced diet in terms of quantity. Excess in food is harmful to health, because it leads to diseases of affluence, which is against Islamic guidance.
God said:
*  Eat and drink but avoid excess (7:31 ).
*  Eat of the wholesome things with which we have provided you but commit no excess therein (20:81).
                  The Prophet (pbuh) said:
* "Suffice the sons of Adam a few mouthfuls that sustain them."
* "Those who get much surfeit in life will suffer longer from hunger in the afterlife."
* "One person's food will be sufficient for two, and two persons' food will be enough for four, and  that of four will be enough for eight."

* "The believer eats in one gut and the nonbeliever in seven."
7 . Healthy nutrition is, secondly, balanced in terms of quality; it consists of a mixture of different forms of food that God blessed human beings with, in order to satisfy the needs of the body in proteins, fat, carbohydrates, electrolytes, vitamins and other things.
       God said:
*  He created cattle which give you warmth and other benefits (16:5).
*  The sacrificial camels We have made for you as among the symbols from God in which there is (much) good for you (22:36).
*  It is he who subdued the sea, so that you may eat there of fresh flesh (16: 14).
*  With it (water) He produces for you corn, olives, dates grapes and fruits of every kind (16:11)
*  From what is within their (the cattle) bodies, between chyle and blood, we produce for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it (16:66).
*  From within their (the bees) belly, comes forth a drink of varying colours, wherein is cure for men ( 16:69).*  Eat  of their fruit when they ripen (6: 141).
*  And from it (the earth) We produced grain of which they eat (36:33).8. Islam gives priority to complete diets; it prefers for example the use of whole wheat over sieved flour .
*  Umm Ayman reported that she sieved out flour and made bread out of it for the Prophet who asked: "What's this?" She said: "Grain we harvest out of our land, out of which I have made bread for you". He said: "Put it (the bran) back in and knead it again". One is not allowed to eat food that doctors say will bring harm, because that exceeds the bounds of what is permitted.
*  God said: Make not unlawful the good things which God made lawful to you and do not transgress (5:87).
10. Islam commands food to be covered and not left exposed to pollution. The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  " Always cover food utensils.
*  "Always cover food and drinks."11. The water brought down by God from the sky is pure and clean, and is useful for drinking, purification and washing
God said:
*  It is He who sends down water from the sky, from which you drink (16:10).
*  And we send down pure water.from the sky (25:48).
*  And He caused rain to descend on you from the sky, to cleanse you therewith (8: 11 ). Muslims are not allowed to pollute water, especially still water. They are not allowed to urinate in it, to defecate in it or even wash in it if it is not running.

The Prophet (pbuh) said:
                  * "Do not urinate in still water."
                  * "Do not urinate in still water and then use it for washing."
                  * "Do not urinate in a pond and then bathe in it."(13)
                  * "Do not bathe in still water to clean yourself (from sexual
                      intercourse)."
                   * Avoid the three curses: defecating in water sources, on roads and in the shade.". Muslims must preserve water from harmful insects or any other vectors of disease.
The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Cover your water utensils and your food and drink".
        General cleanliness is one of the pillars of health in Islam, especially washing after sexual intercourse and on Fridays and performing ablutions several times every day.
      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Cleanliness is part of being faithful."
*  "It is incumbent upon any Muslim to wash his head and body every seventh day."
*  God said: If you are spiritually unconditioned (following sexual intercourse or a wet dream) then purify yourselves by bathing your whole body (5:6).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Only a believer maintains his ablutions". From the perspective of Islam, the hands should be washed when one touches something polluted or unclean; likewise, before or after eating. Washing of the hands should be repeated thoroughly when preparing (performing ablutions) for prayer.
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever sleeps and his hands are not clean from fat and thereby gets harmed should blame no one but himself'.
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used to wash his hands before eating."
 *  "It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) ate a shoulder of a sheep, then washed his mouth and his hands."
*  God said: When you prepare for prayer, wash your face, and your hands. (and arms) up to the elbows' ...(5:6).
     The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "When you perform your abiutions, wash between the fingers of your hands and feet." ,
*  "Clean your knuckles.". One is also required to clean the feet and wash them thoroughly while performing ablutions.
* God said: Wipe your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet up to the ankles (5:6).
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "During ablutions wash between the fingers of your hands and feet."
*  "Woe to the heels (from the punishment of if they are not washed). Perform the ritual of ablution properly."

*  "Perform ablutions and wash in between your fingers."
*  'The Prophet used to rub his toes with his 1ittle finger ". One should give particular care to the cleanliness of ears by wiping them and cleaning them from the accumulating wax.
*  "It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) performed the ablutions, wiped his ears from inside and outside and introduced his fingers into the ear."
*  "It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) wiped his ears from the inside using his forefingers and from the outside using his thumbs."18. Cleaning the eyes is equally important; washing them should be part of ablutions to the face. One should give special attention to the corners where most of the secretions exuding from the eyes accumulate.
*  'It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) used to wipe the inner corner of the eye". Cleaning the nose by introducing water into it and pushing it out is required too.
        The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "When anyone of you performs ablutions let him introduce water into his nose and then blow it out."
*  "Blow your nose twice or three times." 20. The urine and faeces exits and the sexual organs should also be washed with water or wiped with paper or stones.
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "If you defecate, wipe yourself three times".      
*  Anas said: "When the Prophet (pbuh) defecated, I used to bring him water to wash with".
*  Aisha said: "I've never seen the Prophet (pbuh) defecate without washing with water".
*  Teaching Muslim wives, Aisha said: "Tell your husbands to wash their private parts with water,  can't tell them myself out of shyness like the Prophet used to do". The nails should be cut, those hairs in which dirt may collect should be removed, and the hair of the head should always be kept clean.
      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Five acts belong to nature: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, plucking out the hair in the armpit, cutting the fingernails and cutting the moustache."
*  "Cut your fingernails and bury them."
*  "He who has head hair should take care of it.". Mouth rinsing is required in Islam. The mouth should be washed in   order to remove all traces of food that stick to the teeth and damage them.
The Prophet  said:

*  "Rinse your mouth while performing ablutions,"
*  "Rinse after drinking milk, because it is greasy,"
*  "It was reported that the Prophet (pbuh) ate a shoulder of a sheep and then rinsed his mouth,"
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) once went with his companions to Khayber, then he asked for food but was brought only a porridge, They ate and drank, then he asked for water and rinsed his mouth". Cleaning the gums is also required; it is useful in protecting them from sickness.
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Clean your gums from food and brush your teeth".*  24. Brushing teeth is required too; it consists in rubbing the teeth with an appropriate device (a miswak or a toothbrush) and is necessary for preserving the health of teeth and gums. It is desirable that it is used quite often: when one gets home, during ablution, before prayer, when one is getting up from sleep and before going to bed.
                   The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Brushing the teeth purifies the mouth and is likable to God."
*  "If I were not afraid that it would be hard for the community, I would have asked Muslims to brush their teeth during every ablution"; and in another version "with every ablution".
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used to start with brushing his teeth soon after he got home."
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used to start with brushing his teeth as soon as he got up in the middle of the night."
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used to pray two raq'at night and then go and brush his teeth."
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used when he woke from sleep during the day or night to brush his teeth before performing ablution." Strengthening the body is required in Islam, especially through exercise.
      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Your body has a right of you. "
*  "The strong believer is better than the weak believer."
*  "Maintain whatever is beneficial to you.". According to Islam, having a home is a means of guaranteeing physical and psychological peace. Among the conditions of a house is that it is clean and specious.
* God said: God has given you houses to dwell in (16:80).
    The Prophet (pbuh) said:
* "Clean your houses."
*  "Four make happiness: a good wife, a spacious house, a good neighbour and a comfortable vehicle.". Clothing is also a blessing from God, used to protect humans from cold and heat to help them appear charming and beautiful. Clothes have to be clean and nice.
God said:
*  We have given you clothes to cover your nakednes and garments pleasing to the eye (7:26).
*  He made you garments to protect you from heat (16:81).
*  He created cattle which give you warmth ( 16:5).
*  And of their (rough) wool, their soft furry wool and their hair, come furnishing and commodities for a while ( 16:80).
*  And purify your clothes (74:4).
The Prophet said:
*  "Did this man not find any water to clean his clothes with?"
*  Take care of your clothes."

*  "God is beautiful and likes beauty. " 28. Marriage is necessary in order to found a family, for physical, mental and sexual tranqillity and to preserve the species. That is why Islam calls for marriage and warns against celibacy, and urges young people to marry if they are fit physically as well as financially.
* God said: And among His signs is (the .fact) that He has created ;, spouses for you from among yourselves, so that you may console , yourselves with them. He has planted affection and mercy between you. (30:21 ).The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Marriage is part of my tradition; those who do not follow my tradition are not part of my followers."
*  "I also marry women; those who do not fol1ow my tradition do not belong to me."
*  "O young people! He who can afford to marry should get married,"
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) warned against retreating in order to worship God,"
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "I was not ordered to be committed to celibacy," . One of the duties of the community, according to Islam, is to help those who are not married to get married; remaining without marriage is one way towards depravity.
*  God said: And (you ought to) marry the single from among you (24:32),
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: If anyone of whose faith and honesty you are sure comes to ask for marriage, get him married! Otherwise, you will sow anarchy and depravity in the land". Islam also works towards ensuring that marriage is successful; hence it requires good faith, marrying loving and fertile women, stipulates looking at the woman he is intending to marry and that those who are getting married be close to each other in age.

   The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Marry the one who is pious,"
*  "Many loving and fertile women,"
*  "If any among you asks for the hand of a woman then you should be able to see for yourself the qualities for which you have decided to marry her,"
*  "Look at her; this will ensure harmony among them,"
*  "Both Abu Bakr and Umar asked the Prophet (pbuh) for the hand of his daughter Fatima.  He replied that she was young.  Then Ali asked for her hand and the Prophet gave her to him for a wife". Islam also guarantees the health of progeny by ordering the believers to choose well those they want to marry.The Prophet (pbuh) said:  "Choose for your sperm". Islam limits sexual intercourse to marriage; any act outside the framework of marriage is considered an inexcusable transgression.
*  God said:  And those who are mindful of their chastity (not giving way to their desires) with any but their spouses and whomever their right hands may control, for then they are free from blame; whereas those who seek to go beyond those (limits) are truly transgressors (23:5-7). Islam ordains that all sexual activity be carried out within wedlock and regards this as a rewardable act.  It also urges spouses to play, flirt and arouse their desires before sexual intercourse; it also orders each to wait for the other to attain complete satisfaction.The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "In satisfying one's sexual desire there is a benefaction".  They said: "O Messenger of God, how come we get rewarded for a desire that we satisfy?:  He said: "Don't you see that if you spill your sperm in unlawful sexual practices you get retribution?  Likewise, when you spill it in lawful practices you get rewarded".*  Do not fall upon your wife like a camel; have a go-between that paves the way for the sexual act.:  They asked.  "And what is the go-between?"  He said: "Kisses and whispers".*  "If you make love to your wife be sincere; if you have your orgasm, be patient with her so that she can have hers too."*  God said:  The rights of wives (with regard to their husbands) are equal to the (husbands) rights with regard to them (2:228). Islam forbids sexual intercourse during menstruation and allows all kinds of sexual intercourse as long as they are carried out through the vagina.
God said:

*  So keep aloo. From women during menstruation (2:222),
*  Your wives are as a tilth unto you: so approach your tilth when or how you will (2:223),
*  The Prophet (pbuh)  said: "Do not approach women though their anuses". Even if Islam considers procreation as one of the aims of marriage, and considers children and grandchildren a blessing from God, it permits family planning: it allows the use of contraceptives when both husband and wife agree; in parallel, it authorizes people to seek cure if they are barren. .God said: And God has given you mates of ymlr own killd, and has given you, through your mates, children and grandchildren, and provided you with good things: will they then believe infalsehood, and deny God's favours? (16:72),
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Marry loving and fertile women",
*  God said: And (remember) Zachariya. who invoked his Lord: my Lord! let me not remain childless, though of all heirs you are the best (21:89),
*  Jaber is reported as saying: "We used to interrupt our coitus in the time of the Prophet (pbuh) ", In another version: "The Prophet (pbuh) knew of that and did not forbid it".
*  Jaber reports saying that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, "I have a slave girl who is at the same time our maid, our waterbringer; I go to her bed and I am afraid she will get pregnant", He said: "Interrupt your coitus if you want; she will get what is destined for her". Islam also orders that the relation between husband and wife be based on love, compassion, collaboration and kindness; all of these are a guarantee for the mental health of the husband and the wife and all the family.
God said:
*  And He has planted love and kindness in your hearts (30:21 ).
*  Live with them on a footing of kindness (4: 19).

*  And consult togethe in all reasonableness(65:6).

The Prophet (pbuh) said:
* "The best of you is best for his wife."
*  "Do not force women to do what they do not like."
*  "The best among you are the best for their wives."
*  "Do take full care of women." Islam urges people to refrain from vile deeds like adultery and sodomy.

God said:
*  You shall notcommitfoulsins, whether openly or ill secret (6:151).
*  You shall not commit adultery: For it is foul and an evil way (17:32).
*  For you practise your lusts on men in preference to women: you are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds (7:81).

*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "The worst thing that I fear for my community is the deed of lot's people (i.e. homosexuality)". Women are more vulnerable than others because they are exposed to many things that weaken them. Islam therefore emphasizes granting women their rights; complete health care is one of their indispensable ri ghts.
*  God said: His mother hore him by hearing strain upon strain (31: 14).
          Th Prophet (pbuh) said:
 
*  "May God be my witness. I forbid transgressing the rights of the weak namely orphans and women."
*  "Do take full care of women." Islam does not allow the mutilation of women's bodies for any reason; infibulation, which is practised in the name of circumcision, is altering God's creation. Those who do it are cursed. Nowhere is it sanctioned by Islam. In particular it exposes women to all kinds of terrible health hazards.
* God said: They only call upon some upstart Satan. God did curse hun but he said: 1 will take some of your servants as a stipulated portion; I will lead hem astray and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears on livestock and order them to alter what God has created (4:117-119).

*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Cursed are those women who change God's creation".
  40. Islam also encourages breast-feeding; it protects the child's health by giving him/her the best food and protects the mother's health by child spacing. Islam is not against family planning since it helps the mother and her baby to stay healthy.
God said:
*  Mothers should breast-feed their children two full years (2:233).
*  And his weaning takes two years (46:14).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Interrupt coitus if you want".

 41. The fetus has a right in Islam: it should not be killed in any form or manner; even if the women is sentenced to death, the execution will be carried out only after she has given birth and has finished the period required for breast-feeding.
*  God said: A womene who kills a person, lmless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land, it would be as if he killed all mankind (5:32).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said concerning the issue of the woman of the Ghamidi tribe to her guardian: "Be good to her and when she gives birth come back to me". Childhood in Islam is a world of happiness, love and rapture; God I swears by it and describes it as a blessing, a delight of the eye and a worldly pleasure.

God said ...?

I do call to witness this city; this city in which you are free to dwell. And I (call to witness) parent and offspring. (90:1-3)

*  O Zachariya!  We bring you the good news that you shall be given a son (19:7).
*  We gave her glad tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob (11:71)
*  Our Lord!  Grant that our spouses and offspring be a joy to our eyes (25:74).
*  Wealth and children are allurements of this life (18:46) 43.  Health care for children is a required act of compassion in Islam. To neglect children and their health is a great sin. The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Those who do not take care of children do not belong to us."

*  A man is guardian of his family and is responsible for them; a woman guardian of husband's house and children and is responsible for them."
*  He who has a daughter and has not buried her alive, humiliated her or preferred his son over her will go to heaven.".  Health care for children includes protecting them against killer diseases; neglect of this is a grave omission, equal even to killing them, and causes great loss.
*  God said:  Losers are those that in their ignorance have wantonly slain their own children (6:140)
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "It is enough of a sin not to care for those one has to feed".  The disabled constitute an important group among the weak in society.  Their mental health must not be exposed to harm or humiliation.  They should be helped in all kinds of ways so as to rehabilitate them and make them useful citizens.*  God said: Let no man mock another man (49:11) .

*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Show the blind the way."
*  "Help the deaf and the mute to understand."
*  "Helping the blind is a good deed that will be rewarded."
*  Help the weak strongly with your arms."
*  "Help manufacturer or work for the unhandy."46.  A Muslim should do nothing that exposes him to danger or endangers his health, like burning his house or placing his food or drink in danger of pollution.  This applies to all kinds of dangers, including traffic and other accidents.God said:
*  Do not kill yourselves (4:29)
*  Do not with your own hands cast yourselves into destruction (2:195) The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "If you have to sleep while travelling by night avoid the main roads as it is the track of animals and the reguge of pests."
*  "If you go to bed, shake your sheets:  You never know what they have inside."
*  "Fire is like an enemy to you.  Put it out before you sleep."
*  "Put our lamps when you go to bed, shut the doors, close waterskins and cover water and food containers."
*  A Muslim should not humilate himself." They asked:  "How could he humiliate himself?"  He said:  "By exposing himself to unbearable danger". There are health precautions for travelling.  It requires cleanliness and appropriate food in order to avoid sickness.  One should not travel alone and the return should be quick as travel is tiring. The Prophet (pbuh) said:

*  "Travelling is a piece of suffering; it deprives one of sleep, food and drink; when you have finished hurry up to return to your family."
*  "Maintain your vehicles."
*  God said:  And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best of all provisions is that which protects with God's consciousness (2:197).
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) warns against staying alone at home or on a journey." Sleep is one of God's miraculous blessings.  Islam orders that we enjoy it, especially at night in order to get both physical and mental rest. God said:
*  He it is who has ordained the night for you to rest in (10:67)
*  And among his signs is your sleep at night or in daytime, as well you   (ability to go about in) quest of some of this bounties (30:23)
*  And He it is who makes the night a garment for you, and (your) sleep a rest (25:47) . Islam also protects mental health by urging people to follow Islamic conduct in the family and society; it is a kind of conduct that prevents fighting and promotes contentment with God's verdict; it also warns against sadness at times of unhappiness and preaches patience, seeking God's help through rememberance of God and refraining from anger.
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: Don't hate or envy each other, don't be hostile to each other, and don't break off relationships between you".
*  God said:  Every misfortune that befalls the earth, or your own persons, is ordained before We bring it into being. That is easy enough for God: (know this) so that you may not grieve for the good things you miss, or be overjoyed at what you gain (57:22-23).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Know that what has befallen you could not have missed you and what has missed could not have befallen you.  Know that victory comes with perseverance, that relief supersedes stress and that hardship is followed by ease".
*  God said:  Yet anyone who acts patiently and forgives, (shows) perseverance in (handling) matters (42:43)The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Patience illuminates."
*  "If you endure God grants you patience."
*  God said:  Surely in the remembrance of God all hearts do find rest (13:28)*  The Prophet (pbuh) said:  "Do not lose your temper".  Islam also warns against deriding others, and against harming then in their bodies, minds or their reputation and against forcing people to do things and oppressing them.God said:
*  No men shall dride (other) men who may well be better than themselves; and no women shall deride (other) women, who may well be better than themselves (49:11)
*  Woe unto every slanderer, fault-finder (104:1)
*  Do not backbite one another (49:12)
*  There shall be no compulsion in religion (2:256)
*  Would you then force people to become believers? (10:99)
*  You are not taskmasters set up over them (88:22)
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "God tortures those who torture people in life".
* If you focus on people's faults you will demoralize them."51.  A Muslim avoids alcoholic drinks, narcotics and anything that dmages life, assets, or anything else and especially those things that have a harmful impact on others.God said:
*  They ask you about wine and gambling.  Say:  There is great harm in both (2:219)
* Say:  The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are:   atrocities, whether flagrant or hidden; and harm ... (7:33)
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) warns against all forms of intoxicants and stupefacients".
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said:  "Every intoxicant is forbidden, and every narcotic is forbidden, and anything that causes drunkenness when taken in quantity is completely forbidden, as is anything that dims reason".  Islam opposes smoking, as its negative effects on health are medically proven.  One should avoid it in order to protect oneself from ruin and in order not to harm others, especially pregnant women and children.God said:
*  Do not kill yourselves (4:29)
*  Do not expose yourselves to desturction (2:195)The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Do not harm yourselves or others."
*  "He who believes in God and the Day of Judgement should not hurt his neighbour".
*  God said: And those who hurt believing men and women undeservedly, bear the guilt of calumny and a gross sin (33:58).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said:  "Do not harm your neighbour even with the smell of your cooking." Islam ordains the taking of all steps to protect against disease in accordance with the advice of medical experts.  Prevention leads to protection. This includes immunization against communicable diseases and keeping away from sources of infection. The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Whoever takes measure of prevention is protected."
*  "Do not harm yourselves or others."
*  "There shall be no contagion and no evil omen."
*  "Do not let those infected transmit their disease to those who are healthy .
*  "If you know that plague is raging in a specific land do not enter it and if it happens in a land where you are, do not seek to leave it." Islam requires people to treat illness, especially if the treatment, protects against development of the disease or of other more serious diseases.
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "Seek treatment, for God creates diseases along with their cure."
*  "For every illness there is a medicine; if the right medicine is given there will be a cure."
*  " A believer should not degrade himself." They asked: "How could he degrade himself?"
*   He said: "By exposing himself to unbearable ordeal".
*  "Someone said: O Messenger of God! Do religious cantations we recite; medicines we take for cure, and measures for prevention we undertake guard against God's destiny?" The Prophet (pbuh) said: "They are part of God's destiny".   Islam ordains conservation of the environment, warns against careless and ruthless exploitation of nature without regard for the balance of the ecosystem, and fights against anything that destroys flora and fauna. It encourages agriculture and whatever helps develop the environment. It also encourages reserving specific areas of forest to be guarded against logging and hunting. It also warns against pollution in all its forms and urges keeping the environment clean.God said:
*  And He has set up the balance. Do not exceed the bounds (55:7-8).
*  And do not act wickedly on earth and foul the land (2:60).
*  Do not obey the bidding of transgressors who perpetrate spoil and corruption in the land and do no good at all (26: 151-152).  When he holds authority he rushes around the earth ruining it and destroying tilth and progeny though God does not like spoil (2:205).
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "When a Muslim plants a tree or sows seeds, out of which a human being or an animal could get food, he is there by doing benefaction".
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) declared Medina with a 12 mile belt as a natural reserve: trees were not to be felled or cut except for sticks used for driving camels."
*  "The Prophet (pbuh) used to forbid cutting any of the trees in Medina."
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said: "I forbid cutting trees or hunting game within the confines of Medina."
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said concerning a valley in Taif: "Hunting and cutting trees in Wajj are forbidden acts".
      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  " Avoid three cursed acts: defecating in water sources, on roads and in the shade."
*  "To clear the road of all sources of harm is benefaction."
*  "Faith is made up of over seventy items, the simplest of which is to remove any source of harm from the road."
*  "I was presented with all the deeds of my community, the good and the bad. I found among the good removing harm from the road and among the bad spitting in the mosque and not burying one's spit."
*  "He who cuts a tree without reason, God will direct his head towards Hell."
Islam orders that the physical and mental health of the elderly be protected, especially within the family. By doing so we show gratitude , for the elderly and it is in itself a sign of generosity and charity.
*  The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "He who is not nice to children or does not respect the rights of the elderly does not belong to us".  
*  "If a young man is nice to an old man, God will find him someone to be nice to him when he grows old." God said:
*  And show kindness to your parents. If' either or both of them attain old age while they are still with you, show them no sign of impatience nor rebuke them, but address them in terms of honour  (17:23).
*  And show kindness to your parents ( 4:36).
* We have enjoined on man kildness to one's parents (29:8).57. Islam forbids making noise or whatever is harmful or disturbing to others, it also warns against all kinds of violence. God said: And lower thy voice: the ugliest of all voices is the voice of asses (31:19).

The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "He who harms others, God will harm him and he who oppresses others, God will oppress him."  
*  "God hates those who are rude, tightfisted and clamorous in market places."
*  "Be compassionate and beware of violence."
*  "God is compassionate and likes compassion and rewards compassion but will not reward violence."
*  "He would not be a believer whom his neighbour cannot feel safe of him."
 58. Islam also urges people to learn, makes of learning an obligation for all Muslims (men and women) and emphasizes useful knowledge. It is clear that learning raises the health and cultural level of the learner .
*  God said: Are those who have knowledge the equal of those who have none ?,

      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "To seek knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim (man or woman)."
*  "People are either those who learn are those who teach. There is no virtue beyond that."
*  "May God protect us from those forms of knowledge that are not beneficial,"
*  "Knowledge can only be received through learning."
*  "Teach people and make it easy, not difficult, for them to learn."
Islam urges people to work and honours those who work. Work has positive developmental effects on people: all aspects of life, including health, will improve. Manual work improves physical health, and concentration work is beneficial to mental health, while profit from work allows one to satisfy one's basic needs including health.
*  He is the One who has placed the earth to be developed by you, so walk along its byways and eat some of what he provides you with (67:15)
*  Whenever you have finished, still toil on (94:7)

*  It is He who brought you into being from the earth and gave you means to develop it (11:61)*  Whoever does good deeds, man or woman, and is a believer shall be granted by Us a happy life (16:97).

The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "The best earning is that of a sincere hardworker."
*  "No food is better than that earned through one's hard work; the Prophet David used to earn his living himself."*  "The best earning is what a man earns through hardwork."
*  God said:  We have empowered you on earth and provided you with livelihood (7:10). The Prophet said:*  "Every Muslim has to give charity."  They said: " And if he has not got any?"  He said:  "He should work with his hands, gain and give charity".
*  The higher hand is better than the lower hand." Islam urges people to amuse themselves and to take rest. This helps them resume their work in a better shape and helps protect their health.
      The Prophet (pbuh) said:
*  "O Hanthala! Work some and rest some."
*  " Anything that is not an invocation of God is nonsense, diversion or distraction except four practices, of which he singled out playing with his family ."
*  "Praise to God, Lord of all the Worlds."