Shaykh Sa'ad al-Ghamdi was born in 1967 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He is a Qur'an reciter and an imam of the holy mosque, Masjid al-Haram, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Shaykh Sa'ad has served as an imam to Muslim communities worldwide.

He memorized the entire Qur’an in 1990 at the age of twenty-two. He is often noted for his acclaimed recitation, which adheres to the principles of Tajweed. He studied Is