Combining acts of obedience in a single intention

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it valid to combine acts of obedience with one another, such as the two rak'ahs after wudu', the greeting of the mosque, and others, in a single intention?

Answer:
Yes. It is not permissible to say, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So if he prays two rak'ahs when he enters the mosque, intending them as the greeting of the mosque, and intending them as the sunnah of wudu', and intending them as the duha prayer, then that is for him.
This is due to the generality of the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): The jurists say that if one intends something, he gets it, and what is like it and what is below it. He gets the thing he intended, and what is like it, meaning what is equal to it, and what is below it. As for what is higher and greater than it, he does not get it. So if he prays intending the voluntary prayer, it does not suffice for the obligatory prayer, because the obligatory prayer is higher than the voluntary prayer; the obligatory prayer is higher than the voluntary prayer. Likewise, if he enters the mosque and the prayer is being established, and he joins the prayer as an obligatory prayer, it suffices for the voluntary prayer and suffices for the greeting of the mosque, because the greeting of the mosque is lower than the obligatory prayer.

The presenter:
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