By
the grace of Allah I continue my 3rd part of the Friday Sermon on
the attributes of Allah and it is only Allah (swt) Who can give me the grace,
the opportunity and the knowledge to elaborate this subject in depth. Without
His help and His divine grace it will not be possible for me, weak creature
that I am to speak on such an important subject. And this subject is important
in the lives of all believers so that they know Allah (swt) through His
attributes, and we must make it our duty to read His attributes every day
[especially in these difficult times that we are living today]. Insha-Allah.
I
continue the subject where someone lies to receive praise, to accomplish his
greed, to receive honour, greatness, and grab property that does not belong to
him. He does nothing to get it all; he does not work hard to earn it all
honestly, but he acts dishonestly, and lies in order to steal the property of
his neighbour or brother or the property of his sister. He is greedy; he likes
that he alone wins all that and so, in order to reach to this end, he tricks
his brothers or sisters, and makes them sign documents to grab their wealth and
then he turns his back on them and pushes them away in order to enjoy alone these
riches.
If
we look at the example that the Qur’an gives us, we will find that there are
people who lie and use flattery to gain praise because of greed and you see
these situations also in religion.