For how long was Jerusalem the qibla of the Muslims?
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After the Hijra, Muslims prayed facing Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months, then the was changed to the
Kaaba. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to face Jerusalem in Mecca, with the Kaaba in front of him.
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