RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO ARABNEWS
Saturday 27 October 2012
The Imam of a Riyadh mosque has called on every responsible person to behave properly and treat whoever is under his sponsorship with all respect and dignity by honoring their rights and dues.
Delivering his sermon on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha prayers in Dubath district yesterday, Sheikh Turki said the ongoing civil unrest and revolt taking place in some countries are the result of injustices, selfishness and not giving people their just dues.
“As a result, your employees and those under your supervision will not follow you and will abandon you,” he observed. He was referring to unrest in Syria and the behavior of some sponsors.
In his sermon on “Al-Ihsan,” or good manners, he said the meaning of Al-Ihsan is to treat everybody with kindness and right conduct on all occasions.
“Al-Ihsan in Islam has comprehensive meaning and applications. A father has to treat his family, his wife and children with gentleness and good behavior. The sponsor should be good to his drivers, employees and workers,” he said.
Calling on the business community to be fair in their dealings, the sheikh said: “Oh you traders, don’t take undue advantage of the people because of their needs; don’t misuse the occasion for your business interest in raising prices. Be good to the people as your Creator is always good to you,” he said.
The incidence of poverty in some countries is because of the act of spoliation by others and unjust distribution of dues to the people and absence of transparency in financial dealings.
He said Al-Ihsan is the highest of the three levels of faith and the closest to God. It is to worship Allah as if you are seeing Him. While you do not see Him, He truly sees you. Then, Ihsan means that a Mu’hsen is sure that Allah is seeing him/her in everything he/she says or does.
Therefore, a Muhsen does his/her best to say and do only what pleases God and conforms to His commands. This is the level of righteousness, the level of perfection, the level of doing and saying the ultimate good, the level of Ihsan.
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