<![CDATA[The global environmental crisis characterized by climate change, ecosystem degradation, and the exploitation of natural resources has given rise to various approaches to understanding the relationship between humans and the environment. One emerging approach is ecofeminism, which sees a link between the oppression of women and the exploitation of nature resulting from the dominant patriarchal system. Islam, through the Hadith of the Prophet, also contains various teachings that emphasize the importance of maintaining environmental balance, nurturing living creatures, and preventing environmental damage. However, studies connecting Hadith and ecofeminism remain limited, particularly those that move beyond descriptive comparison toward critical dialogue between the two frameworks. Employing a thematic hadith approach, this study examines three clusters of hadith, on tree-planting, the prohibition of polluting water sources, and the prohibition of animal cruelty, through hadith authentication (takhrīj) and classical commentary (syarah), before engaging them in critical dialogue with the ecofeminist theories of Karen Warren and Vandana Shiva and with the Islamic concepts of khalīfah (stewardship), mīzān (balance), and raḥmah (compassion). The analysis finds that these hadith affirm ecofeminist concerns for the ethics of care, interconnectedness, and ecological solidarity, while reframing the human–nature relationship as a theological responsibility: humans are positioned as caretakers rather than dominators, and the duty of care is addressed to every believer rather than grounded in an essentialized feminine nature. The hadith also show a tension, since the use of nature is limited by responsibility rather than abolished. The study contributes a five-pillar model of Islamic ecological ethics based on care and non-domination (raḥmah, mīzān, khalīfah, care, and non-domination), offering a critical rather than uncritical dialogue between Hadith studies and ecofeminist theory.]]>
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