The Qibla was changed in which Hijri year?

Correct answer: 2 AH. The direction of prayer was changed from Bait ul-Maqdis to the Kaaba in 2 AH.

Background: It happened in the month of Rajab or Sha’ban, about sixteen or seventeen months after the Hijrah.

• 1 AH: 1 AH is too early.
• 3 AH: 3 AH is too late.
• 4 AH: 4 AH is too late.

Did you know? The mosque where it happened is called Masjid al-Qiblatayn (“mosque of two qiblas”).

Memory trick: 2 AH: Qibla, Badr, and fasting.