Abstract:
This research aims to address animal protection and highlight ways to preserve it, and its
impact on the environment in general, to achieve the required ecological balance. The
problem with this research lies in many people's lack of awareness of Islamic law's stance on
animals, its unique approach to their protection, and avoiding harm to them while preserving
them. The importance of the research lies in demonstrating the Islamic law's concern for
animals, and how it preceded all human laws in ensuring their rights and protection from all
forms of assault. The research adopted an inductive method in collecting the subject's
vocabulary by referring to the Quran and Sunnah, and the most famous books of the imams
and scholars who addressed this issue. The research also adopted a descriptive-analytical
method in analyzing texts, highlighting their universal relationships, extracting principles and
rules to regulate this issue, and demonstrating its features. The study reached several
conclusions, the most important of which are: that Islamic law preceded all laws and
situational studies in protecting animals and ensuring their rights, including the right to life,
care, and compassion, and preventing any form of assault on these rights. Also, protecting
animals and preserving them is one of the causes of stability and ecological balance that the
world is striving to achieve. The study recommends the importance of paying attention to
animals as one of the most important elements of the environment, conducting research
studies on how to protect and preserve them, creating natural reserves to protect rare species
from extinction, providing veterinary care, and other means that ensure animal protection to
achieve ecological balance.
