How to find the Qibla using the web

Many of us are familiar with finding the qibla in a hotel when visiting Muslim countries. Even more of us are familiar with using a pocket compass to find the direction of prayer in our homes and offices. Now, with an internet connection, you can find the Qibla via .

This service will be a practical tool for travelers or anyone needing to find the qibla in a new, unfamiliar region. In other words, no more excuses.

This reminds me of Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi’s advice on finding the direction towards the right path using Islam as a guide: “Turn right, go straight”.

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Thanks to for the reminder, for developing QiblaLocator.com and to for the photo.

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  1. Qiblah Direction Using The Internet | How Muslims Get Things Done! Says: December 16th, 2007 at 10:08 am

    [...] just came across a post over at islamcrunch directing to a service called QiblaLocator.com which is a mashup on the backend of Google Maps to [...]

  2. Mahmoud Says: August 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Here's another. QiblaDirection.com. I quite like it because it's mobile phone friendly and also provides the prayer times for the location you specify.

  3. ibnMasud Says: October 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    QiblaDirection.com does not provide the correct location for the Qibla. It simply assumes that the world is flat and draws a line from point A to point B (Mecca). This is a common misconception in calculating the qibla, rising from the fact that all maps show the world as flat for ease of use, whereas it is in fact close to an Oblate spheroid (a rounded shape with a bulge around the equator). If you want to get a correct approximation of the qibla, take a blowup spherical world map and use a string to find the direction from the desired point to Mecca. You will then see that the calculations according to this site are incorrect.

  4. islamcrunch Says: October 13th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Thanks for the information. If you would like QiblaLocator.com to be featured on IslamCrunch please use the contact form and provide details for us to crunch. Thanks!

  5. thanx Says: July 10th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    god bless u

  6. Zal Says: July 21st, 2009 at 4:05 am

    Hello

    There is a new iPhone application doing it well

    try Qibla locator

    iTune store link : [url]http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322517732&mt=8[/url]

  7. Zal Says: July 21st, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Hello

    There is a new iPhone application doing it well

    try Qibla locator

    iTune store link : [url]http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322517732&mt=8[/url]

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