Abà « Ḥafá¹£ ÿUmar b. Yaḥyàal-HintÃÂtë (, born FaskÃÂt à «-MzÃÂl êntë; c. 482âÂÂ571 Hijri / 1090âÂÂ1175 or 1176), chief of the Hintata, was a close companion of Ibn Tumart and a shaper of the Almohad Empire greatly responsible for the unification of the Almohad corps. His grandson Abà « ZakariyyÃÂþ Yahyàb. ÿAbd al-Waḥëd founded the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. He lived a long life and helped maintain ties between the Almohad movement's early revolutionary doctrine and its later dynastic period established by ÿAbd al-Muþmin.
Abu Hafs's original Berber name was "Faskat u-Mzal Inti", but he was renamed "Abu Hafs" by Ibn Tumart, choosing a name associated with one of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's companions.
Abà « Ḥafá¹£ led the Hintata tribe of the central Moroccan High Atlas, and mobilized his soldiers to fight against the Almoravids in support of the Almohads. Due to the necessity of unifying the tribes of the Atlas, and with Ibn Tumart's confidence, Abà « Ḥafá¹£ led soldiers from his own tribe in battle, one of the few allowed to do so. Without this critical military support, it is unlikely that the Almohad offensive would have come together so quickly.
According to al-Baydhaq, Abà « Ḥafá¹£ was a member of the Council of Ten, Ibn Tumart's closest advisors. Abà « Ḥafá¹£ held a position just under ÿAbd al-Muþmin in the Almohad hierarchy.
This is the claimed genealogy of Abu Hafs as reported by Al-Zarkashi.