RECONSTRUCTING KHILĀFAH (AL-BAQARAH: 30) AS ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP: TOWARD AN ISLAMIC JURIDICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
Keywords:
Ecological Citizenship, Khilāfah, Climate Justice, Al-Baqarah 30, Eco-TheologyAbstract
This study aims to re-evaluate the Quranic concept of khilāfah (stewardship) in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 30 through the lens of modern climate justice to formulate an innovative Islamic juridical framework for ecological citizenship. Employing a qualitative-philosophical method within a contemporary eco-theological approach, this paper systematically analyzes classical and modern contextual exegesis (tafsīr) concerning human agency and cosmic governance. The data were gathered from historical Islamic source materials and integrated with current sociology of environmental rights and global climate vulnerability indices. The results demonstrate that khilāfah has been widely minimized into an anthropocentric political or purely spiritual mandate, thereby neglecting its intrinsic ecological dimensions. By reconstructing khilāfah as ecological citizenship, this study establishes that environmental responsibility is a binding juridical obligation (taklīf) that demands institutionalized climate justice and ecocentric legal protections. Consequently, this article contributes a progressive juridical-theological alternative to the global environmental discourse, bridging classical Islamic public law with global climate equity.
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