Quranic Ethics of Sanitation and Hygiene towards Environmental Sustainability and Covid-19

Abstract

The growing concern in inspecting the aspiration of individual and public health within the protection of the environment has been developed a comprehensive system for maintaining a healthy society. But there is still a deficiency in the relationship between Man and the environment. The required ethics for environmental responsibility have not been promoted within the textual divine messages, and practices of the individuals are degrading the earth’s environment and hence the predicament of nature. Quran is elaborating almost seven hundred and fifty times about the relationship among the nature and man. In this paper, the gap of divine practices for environmental protection have been discussed by conducting comprehensive textual analysis towards ethical aspects and implications of environmental cleanliness within the divine teachings of the Qur’an. And it teaches the people that how natural conservation sustainability and responsibility can be preserved for coming generation. Holy Quran refers to a wide range of ethical teachings of cleanliness, themes and relates to the core elements of life i.e. human being, Water, Air, Land, Plants, Animals, and other life resources. As  Prophet( PBUH) is also very concerned about the preservation of “living souls” according to  Him Cleanliness is half of faith”, he teaches  us that how everything including hygiene of different parts of the body, that how  e.g. oral , menstrual , sexual , toilet , sleep , environment  hygiene is necessary.