Saad competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2005 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

[1] He also competed for Qatar at their only FIBA World Championship performance to date, in 2006, where he averaged 12.8 points and 2.4 assists per game.

[citation needed] In 2009, Abdulrahman had his best individual international tournament to date, averaging 17.8 points per game for the Qataris.

[1] He finished in the top ten leaders in points, minutes and steals per game en route to being named to the All-Tournament third team.

[2] However, despite his efforts, Qatar finished sixth in the tournament and failed to qualify for their second consecutive FIBA World Championship.