In 2014 the mosque and shrine were destroyed by an explosive device claimed by soldiers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.

[2][3] The mausoleum was located in Al-Shifa' neighborhood on the riverbank of the Tigris, nearby the Bash Tapia Castle.

[5] In 2001, the new mosque was built next to the mausoleum, and the area reached approximately 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft).

[7] The niches flanking the door of the building contained turquoise bricks forming interlocking stars and octagons, and had Kufic inscriptive panels below the crowning arch.

The east façade of the tomb is covered by two heavy buttresses that were constructed to prevent the structure collapsing into the Tigris River due to erosion.