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His father was a poet and his elder son Ka"b bin Zuhayr also became a poet, reading his works to Muhammad.
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Zuhayr Bin Abi Sulma
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He is considered one of the greatest writers of Arabic poetry in pre-Islamic times. Zuhayr belonged to the Banu Muzaina. Zuhayr"s poems can be found in Hammad Ar-Rawiya"s anthology, the Mu"allaqat ("the Suspended"), a collection of pre-Islamic poetry.
He was one of the Seven Hanged Poets who were reputed to have been honoured by hanging copies of their work in the Kaaba at Mecca.
He was Umar ibn Khattab"s favourite poet. Zuhayr"s poetry was written when two Bedouin tribes ended a longstanding hostility.
His poems deal with raids and other subjects of nomadic desert life. He strove to express deep thoughts in simple words, to be clear and by his clear phrases to teach his people high and noble ideas.
He was a man of rank and wealth, the foremost of a family noted for their poetic skill and religious earnestness.
