Saad al Ghamdi

Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari

Saʻad al-Ghāmidī

سعد الغامدي

Personal
Born| August 1967 (age 57)

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Religion| Islam
Nationality| Saudi
Jurisprudence| Hanbali, Salafi
Education| Mecca[1]
Occupation|

* Qari
* imam
* Habib
* ustad
* Ulama da'i

Saʻad al-Ghāmidī (Arabic: سعد الغامدي; born 7 August 1967) is a Qāriʾ and a former imam of the great holy mosque Masjid an-Nabawi. Shaykh Sa'ad al-Ghamdi has served as imam to Muslim communities across the globe.

## Biography

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Al-Ghāmidī was born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in 1967. He memorized the entire Quran in 1983 when he was 16 years old. He is often noted for his acclaimed tajwīd. He studied Islamic law (Islamic Studies) in Dammam,[2] particularly in the school of Sharia, the source of Muslim religious commandments. In 2012, he was appointed as the Imam of the Yousef bin Ahmed Kanoo Mosque in Dammam before having the same profession in several mosques around the world, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Austria.[3]

During Ramadan 2009, Sheikh Saʻad al-Ghāmidī was an Imam during the Tarāwīḥ prayers in the al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Medina's Holy site of Islam) of Madinah.

## See also

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* Saud as-Shuraim
* Abdulrahman al-Sudais
* Yasser al-Dosari
* Abdullah Awad al-Juhany
* Maher al-Mu'aiqly

* Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy

## References

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1. ^ News, Arab (27 July 2018). "FaceOf: Sheikh Khalid Al-Ghamdi, Imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah". Arabnews.com. Arabnews. Retrieved July 28, 2018. `{{cite web}}`: `|last1=` has generic name (help)
2. ^ "Saad el Ghamidi - سعد الغامدي - Holy Quran on Assabile".
3. ^ "Saad el Ghamidi". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

## External links

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* Quran recitation by Saad al-Ghamidi on Google Play (free listening and free download)
* http://muflihun.com/recitations/SaadalGhamdi Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
* https://quranicaudio.com/section/2

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data