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Habib Umar bin Ahmad bin Sumayt was a Sufi scholar of the Ba'Alawi sayyid lineage who served as teacher and qadi in Madagascar, Zanzibar, and the Comoros. Born in the Comoros in 1303 AH (1886), he died on 9 Safar 1396 (1976), aged 92. He is buried in Moroni in the domed tomb (qubba) of his grandfather, Habib Abu Bakr bin Sumayt. (Sources: Muwasala 'Habib Umar bin Sumayt'; Wikipedia 'Islam in the Comoros')
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