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Bayt Al-Maqdis, Jerusalem, in the Qur’an and Hadith


How long Muslims took Al-Aqsa Mosque as their Qibla? Since prophet Mohammed was sent by Allah, he and Muslims were turning to Jerusalem to pray. This lasted as long as the prophet was in Mecca. He used to head toward both Qiblas in their prayers; the Holy Kaaba and Jerusalem, as he prayed between the two pillars in the south northward. Regarding this matter, Al-Bara’a bin A’azib said: “I prayed with the Prophet, PBUH, in the direction of Bayt Al-Maqdis for 16 or 17 months, then we turned to the Qibla I the Kaaba”; narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, quoting…