Along with the Ettedgui Synagogue and the Church of San Buenaventura, it is of the three buildings representing the three Abrahamic religions in a space of 250 m2 in the medina.

[2] Casablanca was one of a number of cities—including Essaouira, Marrakesh, and Rabat—that Sultan Muhammad III revitalized after the earthquake of 1755.

[3] The historian Abdallah Laroui called the sultan "the architect of modern Morocco.

[2] It underwent restoration work supervised by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs [ar] starting May 14, 2010.

[2] King Mohammed VI inaugurated the mosque after the restoration with a Friday sermon December 16, 2016.