Summary

The following points below are summary from this week's Friday Sermon:

• After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he would continue speaking about the lofty standards of truthfulness established through the example of the Holy Prophet (sa).
• His Holiness (aba) said that once, the Holy Prophet (sa) said that the sign of a person who is given falsehood is that they spread whatever they hear. This is a common habit that exists within the Community as well.
• His Holiness (aba) said that the companions disliked no attribute more than falsehood. If the Holy Prophet (sa) came to learn that someone had lied, he would feel great pain until that person repented from their falsehood. 
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) once described four qualities of a hypocrite and said that anyone who possessed even one of these qualities possessed a characteristic of hypocrisy, until they abandoned that characteristic:  1. They do not honour the trusts they are given.  2. When they speak, they lie.  3. When they make oaths, they break them. 4.  When they quarrel, they use foul language.  Bearing this in mind, everyone must analyse themselves as to the degree to which these characteristics exist within them.
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) once said that when a person tells a lie, angels move a mile away from them, because of the foul stench that emanates from the person who lies. 
• His Holiness (aba) presented the quote of an author who spoke about the truthfulness and trustworthiness of the Holy Prophet (sa). The author writes that the Holy Prophet (sa) was never swayed by the people and stood firm against the worship of idols. He was also known to be extremely truthful, to the extent that people would come to him to make decisions.
• His Holiness (aba) quoted the Promised Messiah (as), who said that our world is in a precarious state, where falsehood is common. Indeed, false witnesses, false cases, and even forged documents are common. People do not rely on speaking the truth but rely on saying what benefits them. Yet, this was not the teaching brought by the Holy Prophet (sa). In fact, the teaching brought by the Holy Prophet (sa) was that falsehood is akin to idol worship, as is stated in the Holy Qur’an: ‘Shun therefore the abomination of idols, and shun all words of untruth.’ (The Holy Qur’an, 22:31)
• His Holiness (aba) prayed that may Allah enable everyone to follow in the Holy Prophet’s (sa) footsteps, adopting the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and his example and elevate the standards of our truthfulness.