THE PARAMETERS OF ISLAMIC LAW AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM FOLLOWED TO DEVELOP AND PROTECT FORESTS IN SAUDI ARABIA

The texts of the Sharī’ah (Islamic law) attended keenly to all matters that will bring benefit and value to people’s religious and worldly affairs. Moreover, since the laws of Sharia are holistic and general. These clear and appropriate laws related to the development and protection of forests, and their applications in the Saudi laws and provisions related to the development and protection of forests, were to show the extent to which these statuary laws and provisions are linked and based on Sharia. These rules and laws also show the keen attention of the Saudi Arabian government paid to the development and protection of the forests supports any relevant prceducdue and measure that would organise this development based on the chief statutory sources – the texts of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah- and the enacted statutory provisions related to the forests.