TY - JOUR AU - Salamah Noorhidayati AU - Ahmad Zainal Abidin AU - Imam Ahmadi PY - 2022/06/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Understanding Hadith on Nature Conservation: An Effort to Reinforce Ecological Piety JF - KnE Social Sciences JA - KSS VL - 7 IS - 10 SE - Articles DO - 10.18502/kss.v7i10.11206 UR - https://knepublishing.com/index.php/KnE-Social/article/view/11206 AB - Natural disasters are a key issue of contemporary society and an inspiration for the emergence of new theories such as theories of eco-theology, eco Sufism, fiqh al-bi’ah, ecofeminism, biocentrism, and anthropocentrism. These theories were initiated to seek solutions to natural disasters. However, disasters and calamities continue to occur. One of the causes is the lack of human awareness of the importance of environmental conservation. This article formulates comprehensively the Prophet’s teachings on nature conservation with a focus on two questions: (1) What are the forms of nature conservation? and (2) What understanding can be derived from the teaching? Based on the linguistic analysis with the contextual approach, it is concluded that Islam has introduced the concept of nature conservation from the beginning including: (1) nature conservation phases in the forms of (a) maintenance, preservation, and processing of land and (b) protection and prevention and (2) understanding of these shapes leads to motivation and responsible elements in conservation programs to actualize ecological piety.Keywords: ecotheology, fiqh al-bi’ah, hadith, conservation, understanding ER -