Is it permissible for someone who caught up with the Imam in the last rak'ah of the Asr prayer to intentionally pray three rak'ahs after the Imam says the taslim, believing that the first tashahhud is a sunnah that can be omitted and the prayer would still be valid?
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What the man did goes against the Sunnah, as the first tahiyyat (testification of faith) is considered Sunnah by the majority of scholars, and a Muslim should not intentionally abandon it.
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