How can the following prayers be classified as either intended for their own sake or not intended for their own sake (such that they can be combined in a single prayer), and are there other prayers that can be classified in the same way: Duha prayer, Wudu prayer, Tahiyyat al-Masjid (greeting the mosque), Salat al-Hajah (prayer of need), Salat al-Istighfar (prayer of seeking forgiveness, or two rak'ahs of seeking forgiveness), the two rak'ahs upon leaving the home, the two rak'ahs upon entering the home, Qiyam al-Layl (night prayer), Salat al-Istikharah (prayer of seeking guidance), مطلق النفل (absolute supererogatory prayer), Salat al-Tasabih (prayer of glorification - and is it permissible to pray it as two rak'ahs?), the four rak'ahs before Asr, the two rak'ahs that are before Maghrib and Isha prayers, and two rak'ahs between the Adhan and Iqamah?
Prayers are combined if one of them is not intended for its own sake, such as تحية المسجد (greeting the mosque prayer), سنة الوضوء (prayer after ablution), or Istikhara prayer, or the two rak'ahs upon entering and leaving the house, or Salatul Hajah (prayer of need), and Salatul Tasabih (prayer of glorification); it is permissible to combine them with a prayer intended for its own sake, such as a fard (obligatory) prayer or a regular supererogatory prayer (nafilah ratibah).
As for prayers intended for their own sake, such as Qiyam al-Layl (night vigil prayer), the Sunnah prayer of 'Isha', Duha prayer, the Sunnah prayer of Fajr, and the four rak'ahs Sunnah before Asr, these are not combined with other prayers intended for their own sake.
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