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This section covers the core articles of faith (Īmān), namely faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree (qadr). Other related topics, often found in classical theological works, are also found in this section.

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 Was A'ishah ever two rak'ahs? I know this is a very Shaykh Yasir way to start a khatirah, a question.  Was A'ishah ever two rak'ahs? When you're traveling? Was it ever just two rak'ahs before that though?  Okay. Was duhr ever two rak'ahs? Alright. So it might come as a surprise to many of you,  but the initial five salawat, the way that you pray them in travel was actually the way that they were initially revealed.  Okay, so initially duhr was two, asr was two, a'ishah was also two.  And then over time Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala legislated the additional rak'ahs to those salawat.  Now, one of the things that you learn when you look in the shari'ah and particularly in these first few surahs of the Qur'an.  And subhanAllah, the genius of the structure of the Qur'an is that in these first few surahs, you can see the transition and the evolution of the law.  Why? Because al-Baqarah is a very early madani surah. It's one of the first surahs in Madinah.  Of course, not in its entirety, but a significant portion of it.  So you see the beginning laws, and then you go to al-Ma'idah, you go to al-Tawbah.  You really see the span of Madinah and the establishment of Islamic law over time and its growth and its evolution and the way that it was perfected over time.  So you see the initial days of fasting.  What was fard to fast first?  What days were fard first? Does anyone know?  It was fard, it was mandatory to fast, for example, the day of Ashura, ayyam al-ma'dudat, Arafah.  And then these days, or Ashura in particular, ayyam al-ma'dudat, once Ramadan was made mandatory, these days were made voluntarily.  So you see the evolution of laws.  And one of the things that becomes very interesting is that you can almost tell the sacrifice that was made by the companions and the wisdom and some of that gradualism when it came to some of the laws.  So there are a few forms of gradualism, a few forms in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala built up these companions over time.  You have some ibadat that were legislated, some acts of worship that were legislated in stages.  You have some things that were prohibited in stages as well.  So they weren't immediately prohibited, they were prohibited in stages.  And you have other societal matters that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not prohibit until iman, until faith was solid in the hearts of the people,  until that belief in Allah and that belief in the hereafter was solid in the hearts of the people.  So let's go through some of these examples, okay, because you can actually see where some of the difficulty of sacrifice was at that time.  Who knows of something that was prohibited in stages?  So we talked about salat al-dhuhr, asr, isha, went from two rak'ahs to four rak'ahs for example.  Who knows and when did maghrib become six rak'ahs?  Never, right, just want to make sure that you all know that.  And we know of a very particular thing that was made haram in stages.  Can anyone tell me what it is?  Khamr, alcohol.  Alcohol was a major issue for the people of Arabia.  They used to drink a lot.  And subhanAllah it's so much so that Aisha radiallahu ta'ala anha mentions that it would have been a fitna,  it would have been a test and trial for the people had Allah made alcohol forbidden right away in Mecca.  Imagine what she's saying, the implications of what she's saying, because it's very significant.  These people were willing to say la ilaha illallah in Mecca.  And saying la ilaha illallah in Mecca would get you killed.  Do you understand that?  It would get you killed.  But she's saying that Allah still did not legislate the prohibition of alcohol.  Why? Because some of those people that were willing to go from kufr to iman,  from disbelief to belief would have needed time for belief to solidify itself in their hearts  before they could give up alcohol.  That's the wisdom of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala and Allah knows his creation.  They would have been willing to be tortured and submitted to all sorts of persecution as a result of their belief.  But they needed time to get over alcohol.  SubhanAllah, you find people that convert to Islam and they make the ultimate change in that regard.  But they struggle with a sin or two.  They struggle with certain addictions.  I actually had someone that once told me, look, I'll convert to Islam, but I can't give up my pork sandwiches.  I said, listen, inshallah one day you'll give up your pork sandwiches.  But it's better that you die on tawheed than eating pork than you die a mushrik who eats pork.  So give up, you know, first become Muslim and inshallah you'll give up your pork sandwiches.  And then three months later he was like, man, I stopped eating bacon.  I'm like, alhamdulillah, it's a good thing.  You know, it took some time, but he loved his pork sandwiches.  Okay, at the end of the day certain people have certain sacrifices that they have to make  and Allah subhanAllah ta'ala gives us a window into the psyche of the people of Mecca in…

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