TY - JOUR ID - 75054 TI - The Hereafter Life of Animals in Islamic Theology: A Comparative Study between Islamic Schools and Inter-Religious Teachings JO - Journal of Contemporary Islamic Studies JA - JCIS LA - en SN - 2783-4808 AU - Naẓarī Tawakullī, Saīd AD - Associate Professor, Department of Jurisprudence & the Principles of the Islamic Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 71 EP - 87 KW - animal KW - Death Hereafter life KW - Islamic Theology KW - religious teachings DO - N2 - The life after death and the Hereafter life of human beings are among the tenets of all Muslims. However, the ‎question is set forth by the theologians as to whether animals’ life will end by worldly death, or like humans, they ‎will transfer to the other world and enjoy an immaterial life, too. The issue of animal Hereafter life is closely associated with the question if animals possess a rational ‎soul or not. Since the Qur’ān has regarded animals as an umma, we are to accept that there has been a kind of identity ‎and unity among the animals in understanding the world of being and the purpose of life, and this has prompted the application of the term umma to them‏.‏‎ The two ‎factors of consciousness and purposiveness in animals have caused the Qur’ān to identify them with the human beings and to ‎speak of their otherworldly life‏.‏‎ Accordingly, the resurrection of animals in the Hereafter, in addition to the ‎pleading for justice from themselves, is also meant to plead justice from the human being. Thus, the principle of ‎accepting the human’s responsibility towards animals is open to discussion, one which denies any exploitation of them ‎outside the essential purpose of their creation.‎‎ UR - https://jcis.ut.ac.ir/article_75054.html L1 - https://jcis.ut.ac.ir/article_75054_94808bdccd49f6a08bac99adebd483f8.pdf ER -