Thus it was with the words of a hymn in praise of the Salihiya founder upon their lips that the Dervishes attacked in battle. And although the true character of Sayyid Muhammad 'Abdille's relations with the headquarters of his Order at Mecca has not yet been, and may never be fully elucidated, Sayyid Muhammad Salih could surely have more decisively repudiated his pupil in Somaliland had he chosen to do so.

I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Som…, loc. 246