Shaykh Ahmad Saad

http://www.simplyislam.com.sg/main/about/our-scholars/shaykh-ahmad-saad/

Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Saad Ash-Shafi'ie Al-Azhari Al-Hasani was born into a family of scholars whose lineage goes back to the Prophet (salla Allahu alayh wa sallam) through Sayyidna Al-Hasan ibn Ali (radia Allahu anhu) in the northern Egyptian governorate of Monofiyyah, in the Nile Delta. Many great scholars of Islam have come from this governorate including people like Shaykh Al-Islam Ibrahim Al-Bayjouri, Imam Tajuddin As-Subki and Taqiyuddin As-Subki, Shaykh Al-Islam Ash-Shanawani and many others.

As the custom of the family was to memorise Qur'an at an early age, Sheikh Saad completed the memorisation of the Holy Qur'an at the age of ten at the hands of his father and studied basic Arabic and Islamic sciences with focus on Arabic grammar and balaghah (rhetoric) before enrolling into Al-Azhar system of schools where he spent almost 17 years of his life graduating with a B.A. Honours in Islamic Studies in English.

Shaykh Saad delivered his first Khutbah at the age of 15, led his first prayer at the age of 13 and since then, he has been involved in Da'wa work and spreading traditional knowledge of Islam. He toured the world as an Imam, speaker and lecturer; he visited Canada, USA, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden and is currently settled in the UK.

He is the Founder and Director of the Ihsan Institute for Arabic & Islamic Studies, and was the former Imam of North London Central Mosque.