[5] In December of that year, the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party transferred many mosques, churches, and synagogues to the balance of clubs for educational purposes.

About twenty stone inscriptions in the mosque's courtyard were destroyed, and the twin minarets were dismantled.

[9][10] In 1975, the building was completely destroyed by a fire caused by a short circuit in the electrical network.

[13] In 1989, the Basqal State Historical-Cultural Reserve was established in the area including the mosque.

[14][15] In 2019, at the request of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, an expedition from the Archaeology and Ethnography Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, led by Prof. Dr. Qafar Cəbiyev, conducted archaeological research inside and in the courtyard of Sheikh Muhammad Mosque.