Masjid al-Qiblatain

The Mosque of the two directions of prayer (Arabic: مسجد القبلتين / Masjid al - Qiblatain ) is a mosque in Medina. The origin of its name is in the early period of Islam. At the time of the Prophet Muhammad, the Muslim prayer was initially aligned with the city of Jerusalem. Later he changed this direction of prayer ( qibla ) and one turns since then in prayer towards the Kaaba in Mecca, the highest sanctuary of Islam. Jerusalem is still considered the first of the two directions of prayer ( ula l - Qiblatain ) known.

One of the two prayer niches ( mihrab ) was removed from the Wahhabis what other Muslims accused moved to yourself, "so to want to detract from the special significance of Jerusalem in Islam".

The present mosque has a dome and two minarets.

In the hadith collection Sahih al -Bukhari by al -Bukhari it is stated:

" Narrated Ibn Umar: While some people were offering Fajr prayer at Quba ' ( mosque ), some -one came to them and said, " Tonight some Qur'anic Verses have been revealed to the Prophet and He Has been ordered to face the Ka ' ba (at Mecca ) ( falling on prayers ), so you too shoulderstand turn your faces towards it. " At Their faces were did time towards Sham (Jerusalem) So They turned towards the Ka'ba (at Mecca ). "