The most important points stated by the Supreme Religious Authority in the Friday sermon.

The important point stated in the second sermon of Friday prayer of the 1st of Rabi' Awwal 1440 AH, corresponding to November 9, 2018 held in the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) and led by his eminence Sheikh Abd al-Mahdi al-Karbala'I were:

• - Whether you are a politician, a minister, judge, teacher, doctor, or an ordinary employee. We all are assigned by a special mission or professions.
• - The absence of the elements of successful professional performance is one of the reasons of the deplorable situation in Iraq.
• - The professional performance is considered to be an essential component that makes man succeed in achieving his goals in life.
• - The reluctance to works, laziness, laxity and neglect are the main causes of failure in life.
• - The professional performance is related to other principles through which the person can protect his dignity and gains respect of others in the society.
• - Islam has urged a lot on working, on being active and having high spirit to perform the life's tasks.
• - Islam has warned against the abstinence from work and fights against laxity, laziness, procrastination and negligence in the work and duty assigned to the person.
• - Islam considers work as a worship.
• - The prophets and imams (peace be upon them) had normal work during their lives, to serve as role models for us in the love and respect of work.
• - The factors of the successful professional performance regardless of the job's title are
• Feeling the importance, sanctity and role of the work in the society and its development.
• Extracting the treasures of science that contribute to the development of society and preserving the dignity and pride of the society.
• As long as the political regime is characterized by respect for the professional performance and is keen to enact legislation, laws and instructions that preserve the important role of the job performance in the community, as this will be reflected in the improvement of its functional activity.
• - The Iraqi society has lost many of the basic principles and values of functional and professional success, which has led to the great decline in the level of public services, and also to backwardness and regression.
• - This country has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency despite its great resources and potential, but has become dependent on others even in the most basic matters and life needs.