مجلة الشهاب

Environmental Responsibility As A Civilizational Trust In Islamic Thought: An Islamic Ethical Critique Of Sustainable Development

Auteurs : Boudaoud Souhila . Ferhaoui Mustapha .

Résumé

This article examines how Islamic thought constructs environmental responsibility as a civilizational trust and evaluates the implications for contemporary sustainability governance. Employing a qualitative, normative, and interpretive methodology, the study analyzes Qur'anic concepts (khalīfah, amānah, mīzān, ʿadl, fasād, ḥisāb) and classical juristic principles (maṣlaḥah, ḍarar, moderation) to develop an integrated ethical framework. The analysis reveals that Islamic environmental ethics establishes responsibility as a theological obligation rather than discretionary corporate preference, challenges the separation of facts from values, and provides criteria for assessing corporate conduct beyond compliance and disclosure. The study concludes that ESG and CSR frameworks require substantive moral foundations—truthfulness, justice, prevention of harm, and accountability—to avoid reductionism. Islamic thought offers sustainable development a deeper account of why ecological limits, justice, and intergenerational responsibility must govern economic power

Mots clés

Environmental Responsibility ; Sustainability ; Islamic Ethics; Stewardship (Khalīfah) ; Moral Accountability