Fathwa, - Deliberately leaving recitation of a Surah after Al-Faatihah in prayer

Question
The Imaam in the second Rak'ah of Maghrib prayerdid not recite a Surah
after Al-Faatihah and then he bowed and prostrated normally. After
the third Rak'ah, the Imaam ended his prayer with Tasleem without
performing Sujood as-Sahw. We asked the Imaam to perform Sujood
as-Sahw but he told us that there was no need for it. He informed us
that he deliberately abstained from reciting a Surah after Al-Faatihah
and thatwhat he did was permissible. What is the religious ruling on
not reciting a Surah after Al-Faatihah intentionally in the second
Rak'ah of Maghrib prayer? May Allaah The Exalted Reward you
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
It is disliked for a worshipper to deliberately not recite a Surah
after Al-Faatihah inthe first and second Rak'ah of a prayer. Whoever
does so will be abandoning a Sunnah according to the majorityof Muslim
scholars. The Imaam in such a case should not perform Sujood as-Sahw
since it isprescribed to compensate for a worshipper's forgetfulness
in the prayer.
However, if the worshipper deliberately neglected an obligation or a
pillar of the prayer, his prayer is considered invalid and performing
Sujood as-Sahw does not compensate for such a mistake.
If a worshipper neglects a Sunnah, his prayer is valid despite his
mistake. However, even then, Sujood as-Sahw is not prescribed in such
a case to compensate for such error.
Allaah Knows best.

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