Masjid al-Qiblatayn

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For the mosque in Zeila, Somaliland, see Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Somaliland).

The Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مسجد القبلتين, lit. 'Mosque of the Two Qiblas'), also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain,[1] is a mosque in Medina believed by Muslims to be the place where the final Islamic prophet, Muhammad, received the command to change the Qibla (direction of prayer) from Jerusalem to Mecca. The mosque was built by Sawad ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'ab during the year 2 AH (623 CE)[1] and is one of the few mosques in the world to have contained two mihrabs (niches indicating the qibla) in different directions.

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