5] Is there anything in the Qur’aan or Sunnah about global warming?

5]
What do Islam and Quran say about the big problem we have in the world
so-called "global warming"? They say that the world will melt after
some decades and things are getting really dangerous and so on. Does
the science in Quran tell something about this?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The problem of global warming is regarded as one of the most serious
environmental problems of our time, concerning which experts have held
many conferences and published many articles about its dire
consequences. These experts attribute this rise in temperature to the
accumulation of gases in the atmosphere that is caused by factories,
power stations and car emissions, which has led to a rise in air
temperature and ocean temperature, which threatens to melt the
ice-caps and cause flooding of land, which is expected to change the
features of some countries completely and to change the climate of
vast areas on earth.
We could not find anything about this in theQur'aan and Sunnah,
apartfrom one hadeeth which some scholars who are specialized in
sharee'ah and environmental sciences say has to do with this topic,
and some of the most prominent specialists in the world agreed with
them, which is that the Arabian Peninsula will again become meadows
and rivers. They attribute that to a complete change in the earth's
climate and the melting of the Arctic ice cap due to global warming.
What we think is that Arabia becoming meadows and rivers againis
something concerning which there is no doubt, but we cannot be certain
that it will happen because of the melting of the ice cap, because
that is known only to Allaah. But we mention this view because it is
relevant and because it has been said by some specialists, both
Muslims and kaafirs.
The hadeeth is:
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "The Hour will not begin until the land of the Arabsonce
again becomes meadows and rivers." Narrated by Muslim (157).Meadows
refers to spacious land with a greatdeal of vegetation.
1.
Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjaar says:
This hadeeth is a scientificmiracle that describes a natural fact that
was not understood by scientists until the late twentieth century,
when it was proven by definitive evidence that the Arabian Peninsula
was meadows and rivers in ancient times. Climate studies have also
indicated that the arid desert is now on its way to becoming meadows
and rivers again, because the earth throughout its long history passes
through climatic changes that takeplace gradually over long periods of
time, or they may be sudden and swift.
Climate studies indicate that we are coming into anew rainy period,
the evidence of which is the shift of the ice-cap in the northern
hemisphere towards the south, and a noticeable fall in winter
temperatures.
The fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
referred to this ice age in his hadeeth "until the land of the Arabs
once again becomes meadows and rivers" is proof of his Prophethood,
and shows that he was always connected to divine revelation, and was
taught by the Creator of the heavens and the earth. End quote.
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2.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Majeed al-Zandaani said:
Professor Alfred Kroner, one of the most famous geologists in the
world, attended a geological conference in the College of Earth
Sciences in the King 'Abd al-'Azeez University. I said to him: Do you
have any proof that Arabia was once gardens and rivers? He said: Yes,
this is well known to us and it is a scientific fact. Geologists know
this because if you dig in any area you will find signs that tell you
that this land used to be meadows and rivers. There is a lot of
evidence.
I said to him: Do you haveany evidence that Arabia will once again
become meadows and rivers? He said: This is something real and proven.
We geologists know it and measure it and calculate it. We can say
approximately when it will happen, and it is not far off, it is quite
close. I said: Why? He said: Because we have studied the history of
the earth in the past, and we have found that it passes through many
stages, oneof which is the ice ages. What does ice age mean? It means
that a certain amount of sea water turns into ice and collects at the
North Pole, then it begins to shift towards the south, and when it
shifts towards the south itcovers whatever is beneath it, and the
climate on earth changes. Among the climatic changes is the change
that takes place in Arabia, where the weather becomes cold and Arabia
becomes one of the lands which has the most rain and rivers on earth.
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