[3] As of 2022[update], the site was subject to ongoing archaeological excavations, while still functioning as an active place of worship[4] for the Sunni Muslim population[5] and as a tourist destination.

The qiblah wall borders the main prayer hall in the south, with the minbar in the center and the mihrab to the east.

[2]: 69, 71, 78  The inscription, a line of naskh script, reads:[8] "In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate, this blessed door and the minbar are the work of master Muhammad ibn Ibrahim the architect, in the year seven hundred and fifty-one."

[1350 CE].Another inscription, located 2 m (6 ft 7 in) above the ground in the bay of the main portal, also in naskh script, reads:[8] "On the date of the first tenth of Rabi al-awwal of the year eight hundred and twenty-one [April 8-17, 1418], the royal edict of Sultan al-Malik al-Muayyad Abu al-Nasr Shaykh arrived which decreed that nothing should be levied from the inhabitants of the waqf of Jami al-Attar by the inspectors; that there should be no auctions and no injustices; that the requests of those praying may be granted.

Written in a primitive script, it reads: [8] "This is the work of Abu Bakr ibn al-Basis, may God have mercy on him.

[1] Notable exterior structures are the grand and richly decorated eastern portal which is made from light and dark-colored alternating stone with stone molding, decorative ablaq, a square plaque of polychrome marble, and a crowning muqarnas niche.

The odd configuration of these interior components has been the main cause of speculation surrounding the mosque's history and potential previous usage as a church.