It has been reported that Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen Rahimahullaah was asked:
Regarding what some khateebs do when they deliver their khutbahs, they give their khutbahs topics relevant to current events, if the time of Israa' and Mi'raaj comes around they speak about it, drawing benefits from it, warning from innovations and mistakes done that day, what is the ruling on this?
It was reported that he answered:
That is good, meaning that a person makes his khutbah relative to certain occasions. That is good, and it is how most of the khutbah's of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) were, when something happened that needed to be addressed he stood up and gave a khutbah (about it), even if it wasn't Jumu'ah. So for a person to give consideration to current situations and focus his khutbahs on them is good. For example, in Ramadhaan, he speaks about Ramadhaan, at Hajj time he speaks about Hajj, and in Rabee' al Awwal he speaks about hijrah, meaning: he considers occasions, there is no problem with that. It is even a proof that the khateeb has understanding and wisdom.
However, there is an issue here that some imaams do, they deliver a khutbah about a topic and then read relative verses of the Qur'aan about that topic (in Salaat al Jumu'ah). This is what is considered an innovation (bid'ah), since the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to keep to the reading of Sab-bih (Soorah al 'Alaa) and al Ghaashiyah, or al Jumu'ah and al Munaafiqoon, and he did not used to consider the subject of the khutbah (when choosing verses to read in the prayer).
Transcribed from: al- Luqaa' al Maftooh (#155, side B)
Abu Abbaas Moosaa Richardson
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