Al-Qiblatain Mosque
North-west of the Prophet’s Mosque, near Banu Salamah area, Madinah, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
Al-Qiblatain Mosque is one of Madinah’s clearest historical mosques for visitors who want to connect a place with a specific turning point in Islamic practice. The official Visit Madinah page identifies it with the moment when the qiblah changed from Bayt al-Maqdis to the Ka‘bah during the Dhuhr prayer while the Prophet was visiting Banu Salamah. Because that event is so precisely tied to worship, revelation and place, the mosque offers an unusually focused visit: even travellers with limited time can understand why this building matters far beyond Madinah itself. The same official source locates the mosque south of Bir Rumah and about 3.8 km north-west of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, confirming it as a practical city stop rather than an outlying excursion. It also records several rebuilding phases, including renewals under King Abdulaziz and a major rebuilding and expansion in 1408 AH / 1987 CE under King Fahd. Today the mosque includes service facilities, an upper prayer hall, a women’s gallery, two minarets and two domes. No special permit requirement was identified in the official sources reviewed, unlike Al Rawdah at the Prophet’s Mosque; however, this remains an active mosque, so access is governed by worship use, modest dress and ordinary mosque etiquette.