Students in Dar al-Mustafa live in a dormitory-type setting. Long hallways contain rooms that are each occupied by 12 students. The residents of every room are lead by a Room Manager (mushrif).

The mushrif can act as a student's liaison to the school officials, if need be.

The relatively simple rooms, which are equipped with air conditioners and ceiling fans,  are furnished with small desks for each student and small individual closets. Students typically sleep on thin mattresses or comforters. The Dar al-Mustafa campus is a multi-story structure with several hallways on each floor. Each hallway has a community bathroom with toilets, wudu, and ghusl facilities.

All students eat in a common dining hall for three meals a day. There is a convenience store on campus where students can buy refreshments, snacks, and some amenities during certain hours of the day. There is also a small bookstore where students can purchase notebooks and other learning materials as well as the books in the school curriculum. A small infirmary is available to students and is equipped to handle minor medical needs or illnesses.

Classes, which are conducted in learning circles (halaqas), are held in the main prayer hall as well as in some additional classrooms. Learning circles contain an average of 10 to 12 students, although some circles can be much larger and some much smaller.

Below is a typical schedule of a student's day at Dar al-Mustafa (exact times may vary):

03:45am - wake up for tahajjud and adhkar

05:00am - pray Fajr

05:30am - Quran recitation and adhkar

06:00am - 1^st class: Jurisprudence (fiqh)

06:50am - 2^nd class: Arabic grammar (nahw)

07:40am - break for exercise and breakfast

09:00am - 3^rd class: Hadith or Theology (aqidah)

09:50am - 4^th class: Quranic exegesis (tafsir)

10:40am - nap time (qaylulah)

12:30pm - wake up and pray Zuhr

01:15pm - Quran recitation

01:45pm - break for lunch and daytime duties

04:00pm - pray Asr

04:45pm - 5^th class: Sciences of the Heart

06:15pm - break

06:45pm - pray Maghrib

07:15pm - 6^th class: Jurisprudence (fiqh)

08:15pm - pray `Isha

08:40pm - eat dinner

09:20pm - study time for reviewing material and homework

11:00pm - lights out