Is there a religious objection to the Friday preacher announcing the topic of the next sermon every week?

The questioner:
Now, the third question, Shaykh. Regarding, Shaykh, if I am the Friday preacher, is it an issue for me to announce the topic of next week’s sermon or to write a notice on the mosque door?

The Shaykh:
It did not happen; it was not done. They left it, or rather, it was not what the Salaf did.

The questioner:
Whether by writing it or by informing the people about to pray?

The Shaykh:
No, not in the sermon, not in anything else, not on the door, not in anything else.

The questioner:
Yes, well, if the preacher makes this a regular practice, Shaykh, if the preacher makes it a regular practice…

The Shaykh:
He informs and advises?

The questioner:
But I mean this action; we rule that the action itself is an innovation.

The Shaykh:
It is an innovation, an innovation. It has no limit.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Shaykh. Peace be upon you. The three questions were directed to His Eminence Shaykh Ibn Baz on the afternoon of Thursday, the twenty-second of Rajab, in the year 1416.