Specializing the Friday sermon for discussing the beginning of the year
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, was it the custom of the Salaf to make the Friday sermon about the beginning of the year, standing to account for oneself, and preparing for death?
Answer:
I do not know of anything from the reports of the Salaf regarding this, but if people have errors in how they begin the year, then it was not upon him to offer congratulations or exchange greetings for the arrival of the year, or if they make it a festival and exert themselves in it, he orders that it be clarified to people that the beginning of the year has no special status, and it is not permissible to invent anything on the occasion of a festival, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, was it the custom of the Salaf to make the Friday sermon about the beginning of the year, standing to account for oneself, and preparing for death?
Answer:
I do not know of anything from the reports of the Salaf regarding this, but if people have errors in how they begin the year, then it was not upon him to offer congratulations or exchange greetings for the arrival of the year, or if they make it a festival and exert themselves in it, he orders that it be clarified to people that the beginning of the year has no special status, and it is not permissible to invent anything on the occasion of a festival, yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 1 — islamhouse.com (41:51)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.