He finished the memorization of the whole Qur'an at the age of ten and studied traditional Islamic sciences at the hands of his father and then started the studies at Al-Azhar until he graduated from Al-Azhar University with BA in Islamic studies. Sheikh Saad finished his graduate studies at Al-Azhar as well. Alongside with this, Sheikh Saad studied at the hands of many scholars and got Ijazahs in the Qur'an in various Qira'at including `Asim, Nafi`, and Hamzah. He also got Ijazahs in Islamic texts including Al-Jazariyyah, At-Tuhfah, As-Salsabeel and Shamail of Imam At-Tirmidhi. Imam Sa'ad also has Ijazahs in the Six books of Hadith and many other books of Tafsir in addition to an Ijazah in Muwatta Malik. He has started giving Khutbahs at the age of 15 and been involved in Da'wah as an Imam for the last 15 years.

Imam Saad has toured the world as a lecturer and Imam; he visited Canada, Malaysia, Germany, Sweden, USA and settled in the UK after a few visits. Imam Saad is actively involved in inter-faith activities, teaching traditional Islamic sciences and enlightening the young people about the true teachings of Islam. Imam Saad also studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Erfurt, Germany. He write regularly at: www.readingislam.com and appears at Hiwar TV, Press TV and is the guest of BBC, ITV, Iqraa, Al-`Arabiyyah, Nile TV and many other TV and Radio channels. Imam Saad is the Imam of North London Central Mosque.