The Zaydani mosque of Deir Hanna, before its destruction in 1776, had been the "most famous of all the Zaydani's buildings in the Galilee", according to historian Moshe Sharon. Local tradition claims that the mosque was built on top of an older Crusader-era church and that Jezzar Pasha had been so impressed by Sa'd's mosque, that he copied its design for his namesake mosque in Acre.
Historian Moshe Sharon described the Zaydani mosque of Deir Hanna as "the most celebrated among all the Zaydani buildings in Galilee" before it was destroyed in 1776. Local tradition claims that this mosque was built on top of an older Crusader-era church and that Jezzar Pasha, impressed by Sa'd's mosque, replicated its design for his own structure in Acre.