TY - GEN AU - John Ralph Willis TI - In the Path of Allah: 'Umar, An Essay into the Nature of Charisma in Islam' SN - 9781138972469 PY - 2016///0121 CY - Oxford PB - Routledge N2 - A West African Sufi and religious reformer (c.1794-1864), struggled to reconcile the temporal achievements of his jihad with his mystical calling. The fame of Shaykh Omar rested on his reputation as a worker of miracles, and the success of jihad in his path to Allah ER -