The Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque is one of the historical heritage sites protected by the Kingdom of Malaysia. The design of the mosque additionally incorporates a few Moorish design components, beside a few minor  Malay impact. Tuan Haji Mohamed Arif bin Punak was administered by the Johor government build Dato’ Yahya canister Awalluddin who communicated the Anglophile opinions of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Sultan Abu Bakar who was the Sultan of Johor at that time. This Anglophile impact can encourage be seen within the British engineering impacts not as it were on the Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque but moreover in a few others government and royal residence buildings in Johor developed amid the same period. The mosque sits on best of a unmistakable slope, ignoring the Straits of Johor. The mosque is named for Sultan Abu Bakar, the father of Sultan Ibrahim who requested its development.

As a tourist location, this mosque is open every day for tourists to visit, from 09.00 to 16.00 free of charge, unless Friday is deliberately closed. The location of this mosque is very strategic on a hill on Lido Beach facing south of Tebrau which separates mainland Malaysia from Singapore. From the backyard of this mosque, Singapore is clearly visible.