 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful, and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon Muhammad and his family, the good, the pious. And may Allah bless all of them together from now on to the servants of the servants of Allah. Sincerity being one of the pleasant acts that Allah SWT encourages Muslims specifically and mankind as a whole to take as a code of conduct for themselves once they are living on the face of this earth. Sincerity being very important as it attracts one man to another. Because it proves that this person carries the appropriate emotions and trust towards me. Rasulullah SAW once sitting amongst his companions narrated the story. And the story says that one day three individuals from Bani Israel were travelling when there was a huge thunderstorm. And they started looking for a refuge until they found a cave and they entered the cave. As a result of that thunderstorm a huge rock came down and blocked the entrance to that cave. Which meant that these three individuals from Bani Israel had been trapped inside the cave. They turned towards Allah SWT in supplicating and calling from Allah SWT and asking Allah SWT to help them to escape. One of them said to the other two, let's face Allah SWT and ask Allah for the sake of one sincere action that we had committed in our lives to have mercy upon us and to open the entrance to this cave. So each person, each one of these individuals started thinking of one sincere action they had committed in their lives. So they can ask Allah SWT for the sake of that action to help them and have mercy on them. The first person faced Allah SWT and said to Allah, oh Allah you know that one day I had a very beautiful cousin. A female cousin that I was attracted towards too. And one day I saw her being alone at home. I advanced towards her and I wanted to feed my lust and my desires. But seeing this action from me she faced me and said fear Allah SWT and protect my chastity. Then I remembered Allah SWT and how the wrath of Allah SWT could come down upon me. I left that action and I departed from that location. Oh Allah, if I had done this as a result of sincerity towards you, I ask you to save us from this cave. Then they noticed that the entrance of that cave opened up a little bit and the rock moved towards the left. The second one came and started speaking to Allah SWT and said to Allah, oh Allah you know that I have two elderly parents, my father and my mother, and they have grown old so much that they cannot move. And I one day came to bring them the food and I noticed them asleep and I did not disturb them. I did not want to wake them up. I sat there all night with the food in my hand waiting for the time that they would wake up. Oh Allah, I done that as a result of my sincerity towards you. If that sincerity had pleased you, I ask you Allah to help us and save us from this cave. Again the rock moved a little bit more. The third person came and stood before Allah SWT and said to Allah, oh Allah you know that I had a person working for me. And once this person's work for me had come to an end, I came to pay his wages but he was not happy for the amount that I was paying him. He left unhappy, he did not take the money. And oh Allah you know with that wages that I had allocated for this man, I went and bought some animals, some sheep and I looked after those sheep until they became herd of sheep. After weeks and months this man came back to me inquiring about the wages that I had allocated for him. Once I told him that this herd of sheep is for you, he thought that I was making fun of him. Once he noticed that I was serious, he was very pleased and he thanked me and he took that herd of sheep with him. Oh Allah, I done that as a result of my sincerity to you. If that pleased you oh Allah, I ask you to save us from this cave. And they noticed that upon completing his sentence the whole of this huge rock had moved aside and that they were able to escape. Sincerity brothers and sisters is very important in our lives. There is no use committing an act if there was no sincerity amongst that act. Because Allah SWT wants us to do our actions and with those actions, with those behaviors, he wants sincerity. Because sincerity is the most important art that we as human beings can practice towards one another and towards Allah SWT. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.