An important event which took place some 16 or 17 months after the Prophet (peace be upon him) had settled in Madinah was the change of direction Muslims face when they offer their Prayers. While the Prophet was still in Makkah, he was ordered to turn towards Jerusalem when he prayed. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An important event which took place some 16 or 17 months after the Prophet (peace be upon him) had settled in Madinah was the change of direction Muslims face when they offer their Prayers. While the Prophet was still in Makkah, he was ordered to turn towards Jerusalem when he prayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[275,14868,14869,494,6597,14870,14871,405,1345,497,11816,224,7,14872,14873,14881,14874,14876,498,2481,10305,2541,2964,341,406,659,12635,444,5120,501,445,51,14877,14878,14879,13655,568,14875,2827,14880,2367,1005,1253,4011,335,2344,6658,1058,825,7725,238,1661,507,243,3894,4230,11165,2483,14882,8580,582,777,1276,1179],"class_list":["post-20681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-muslims-article","tag-ibadah","tag-act","tag-acts","tag-allah","tag-behind","tag-blessed","tag-blessings","tag-christianity","tag-editors-choice","tag-faith","tag-fast","tag-fasting","tag-featured","tag-five","tag-follow","tag-for","tag-fourth","tag-gates","tag-god","tag-gods","tag-highlights","tag-how","tag-in","tag-islam","tag-jesus","tag-koran","tag-meaning","tag-mercy","tag-month","tag-muhammad","tag-muslim","tag-muslims","tag-obeying","tag-objectives","tag-obligatory","tag-oneness","tag-paradise","tag-pillar","tag-pillars","tag-practice","tag-pray","tag-prayer","tag-prophet","tag-qiblah","tag-quran","tag-ramadan","tag-reading","tag-real","tag-repentance","tag-reward","tag-salah","tag-salat","tag-sunnah","tag-supplication","tag-syiam","tag-tarawih","tag-teachings","tag-the","tag-the-story-of-changing-the-qiblah","tag-to","tag-true","tag-understanding","tag-wisdom","tag-worship"],"yoast_head":"\n