Some Friday preachers, at the end of every Hijri year, dedicate the sermon to discussing the past year

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It has become customary for some Friday preachers, at the end of every Hijri year, to dedicate their Friday sermons to discussing the past year and what happened in it, whether good or evil. Is this action prescribed?

Answer:
By Allah, we do not know any basis for this. What is the purpose of the Hijri calendar in the first place? It makes the start of the year an occasion that is celebrated, with talk and festivities and congratulations. This has no basis. The Hijri calendar was established solely to distinguish contracts, just as 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) did. When the realm expanded during his time, documents began reaching him without dates. He needed to establish a date system to identify the letters and when they were written. He consulted the Companions, and they advised him to make the Hijrah the starting point of the Hijri calendar.
They moved away from the Christian calendar, even though it existed at that time with dates for the disbelievers. They abandoned all of that and adopted the Hijrah as the starting point of the Muslim calendar, solely for the purpose of identifying documents and writings, not to make it an occasion for talk. This leads to religious innovations (bid'ah). Yes.