All?h ( - عز وجل -) , remembering Him ( - عز وجل -) and His deep and vast knowledge of what every one’s soul insinuates for him/her, the recording of one’s good and bad deeds by the angles, making mention of death and its throes, the Qiy?mah and its frightening state and one’s deeds are held witness on him/her, making mention of Hell and Paradise, of resurrection after death and urging people to observe their Salaw?t on their due times. Whatever is said out of the circle of the aforementioned subjects is Bid‘ah.
Making mention of kings, princes, rulers ... etc. is also prohibited in the Khutbah (1) for this position has been originally dedicated for making mention of All?h ( - عز وجل -) and His Messnger ( - ); All?h ( - عز وجل -) said: [ وأن المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله أحداً]
‘ And the mosques are for All?h (Alone) so invoke not any one along with All?h’. (2)
Once a new incident takes place in a muslim community, the Khat?b is permitted to discuss it in the Khutbah in accordance with the Shar‘ rulings, such as encouraging people for Jih?d and preparing for it if an enemy is about to attack, calling All?h ( - عز وجل -) for His relief when a drought strikes muslims.
(1) In his “Tafs?r” (vol. 18 / p. 107), Al-Qurt?b? reported that Az-Zamakhshar? said: ‘If it were raised that the Khutbah is originally enjoined for remembering All?h ( - عز وجل -) how could other matters be discussed in it. The answer is that making mention of All?h ( - عز وجل -) , His Messenger ( - ), praising him and his rightly guided caliphs and the righteous believers, and admonishing others are all part of remembering All?h ( - عز وجل -) , unlike mentioning the tyrants, praising them and calling All?h ( - عز وجل -) for them; this is all of Shait?n’.
(2) S?rat “Al-Jinn” (verse no. 18).