Saad al Ghamdi
Saʻad al-Ghāmidī | |
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سعد الغامدي | |
Personal | |
Born | August 1967 (age 56) |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Saudi |
Jurisprudence | Hanbali, Salafi |
Education | Mecca[1] |
Occupation |
Saʻad al-Ghāmidī (Arabic: سعد الغامدي; born 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
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
References
- ^ News, Arab (27 July 2018). "FaceOf: Sheikh Khalid Al-Ghamdi, Imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah". Arabnews.com. Arabnews. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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