On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov appeared and conversed with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

In the construction of the mosque, the latest techniques and the most modern technologies were employed to create a building that is nonetheless thoroughly in keeping with the aesthetic of traditional Islamic architecture of the Ottoman golden age.

In the traditional painted ornamentation of the interior, both the synthetic and the natural pigments used were made resistant to fading and peeling with special additives designed to preserve the brilliance and durability of the colours for at least 50 years.

Their forms are inspired by - and intended to recall - the three holiest sites of Islam - 27 of them based upon the form of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound, 8 modelled upon the Green Dome of Medina's Masjid al-Nabawi and the largest, measuring no fewer than 8 meters in diameter, designed as a homage to the Kaaba in Mecca itself.

Several tons of bronze and 2.5 kg of the highest quality gold were needed in order to create the chandeliers, which contain more than a million pieces crafted from Swarovski crystals in Turkey and featuring traditional Chechen decorative motifs.

Throughout the entire voting, the Heart of Chechnya Mosque was in the lead among the participants, but on the last day it lost first place to the Kolomna Kremlin.

The head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov, offended by the results of voting on the Internet, announced a boycott of the federal mobile operators "Beeline" and "Megaphone".