The Details of the Overlap of Sunnahs
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Do the sunnahs overlap with one another? For example, if one intends the sunnah of wudu, does it count toward the sunnah of Dhuha?
Yes.
That is valid; because some sunnahs are intended for their own sake, and these do not overlap, while the purpose of other sunnahs is merely to perform the prayer.For example: The purpose of the sunnah of wudu is to pray two rak'ahs after performing wudu; whether it is the sunnah of wudu, the two rak'ahs of Dhuha, the rawatib of Dhuhr, the rawatib of Fajr, or the sunnah between the adhan and the iqamah; because there is a prayer between every two adhans. Likewise, the greeting of the mosque: if you enter the mosque, it is permissible to pray with the intention of the rawatib, and this suffices for the greeting of the mosque.
However, if the act of worship is intended for its own sake, it does not overlap.Therefore, if someone were to say: I will make the first rawatib of Dhuhr—which is four rak'ahs—two rak'ahs, and I will intend them to count for the four.We tell him: That is not valid; why? Because the sunnah here is intended for its own sake, meaning that one prays two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs.
And likewise, the sunnah of tawaf and the sunnah of Fajr.For example: If a person finishes his tawaf after the adhan of Fajr and before the iqamah, and he intends with the two rak'ahs both the sunnah of tawaf and the rawatib of Fajr, then one does not suffice for the other; because the sunnah of tawaf is a sunnah intended for its own sake, and the sunnah of Fajr is a sunnah intended for its own sake.
Yes.
That is valid; because some sunnahs are intended for their own sake, and these do not overlap, while the purpose of other sunnahs is merely to perform the prayer.For example: The purpose of the sunnah of wudu is to pray two rak'ahs after performing wudu; whether it is the sunnah of wudu, the two rak'ahs of Dhuha, the rawatib of Dhuhr, the rawatib of Fajr, or the sunnah between the adhan and the iqamah; because there is a prayer between every two adhans. Likewise, the greeting of the mosque: if you enter the mosque, it is permissible to pray with the intention of the rawatib, and this suffices for the greeting of the mosque.
However, if the act of worship is intended for its own sake, it does not overlap.Therefore, if someone were to say: I will make the first rawatib of Dhuhr—which is four rak'ahs—two rak'ahs, and I will intend them to count for the four.We tell him: That is not valid; why? Because the sunnah here is intended for its own sake, meaning that one prays two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs.
And likewise, the sunnah of tawaf and the sunnah of Fajr.For example: If a person finishes his tawaf after the adhan of Fajr and before the iqamah, and he intends with the two rak'ahs both the sunnah of tawaf and the rawatib of Fajr, then one does not suffice for the other; because the sunnah of tawaf is a sunnah intended for its own sake, and the sunnah of Fajr is a sunnah intended for its own sake.