Is it the Sunnah to Recite Sūrah al-Kawthar at the Time of the Marriage Contract?

Sh. al-ʿUthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:

“This is not from the Sunnah, the Sunnah in the sermon of the marriage is to read the Sermon of Ibn Masʿūd رضي الله عنه, and it is famous and known, and if one left it off there is no harm, but it is better to read it.”

Source: Fatāwá Nūr ʿalá al-Darb (10: 110, no. 5055).

41 Moderation in Sunnah is Better than Striving in Bidʿah

ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said, “Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.” Reported by al-Ḥākim.

Ṣaḥīḥ Mawqūf: al-Ḥākim (357), Ibn Baṭṭah in al-Ibānah (201), and al-Marwazī in al-Sunnah (p. 30).