Zuhayr

Zuhayr (also spelt "Zuhair"; Arabic: زهير بن أبي سلمى / ALA-LC: Zuhayr bin Abī Sulmá; c. 520 - c. 609), was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet who lived in the 6th century AD. He is considered one of the greatest writers of Arabic poetry in pre-Islamic times. Zuhayr belonged to the Muzaynah tribe. His father was a poet. His elder son, Ka'b bin Zuhayr, was also a poet and read poems to Muhammad.