Ruling on Designating the Last Friday of the Hijri Year for a Sermon

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Designating the last Friday of the Hijri year for a sermon in which one is reminded to account for oneself.

Answer:
This has no basis; this has no basis. The end of the year is a conventional term; it is not the actual end of the year. Every day that passes completes a year relative to the day before it. So the matter of the Hijri year is a conventional matter, not something from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is a convention. When 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) received letters that had no date and he did not know when they were written, he ordered the establishment of the Hijri calendar. He ordered the establishment of the Hijri calendar, yes, for the sake of a legitimate political interest. But it is considered to have specific rulings, and that at the end of the year there is advice and self-accounting. Account for yourself every day, my brother; it is not only on the last day of the Hijri year. Account for yourself every day. Yes.