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When shared environmental responsibility becomes a source of conflict

My brother and I are supposed to jointly manage our family's small farm according to Islamic principles of land stewardship, but we can never agree on anything and every decision becomes a power struggle disguised as religious debate. What should be a shared spiritual practice has become the thing that's tearing our relationship apart.

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The sacred work of stewardship has become contaminated by ego and control rather than guided by wisdom and humility.

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“Where Are You with Islamic stewardship of the earth — khalifa?”

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