Zuhair ibn Abi Sulma was born in Muzaina, near Madina and lived in Najd. Some of his relatives including his father, uncle, sister, two sons, and grandson were all poets. His poems were called hawliyyat because it took him one to four months to compose a poem and a full year to improve it. His most famous poem was one of the muallaqat. It contains widely popular lines that were considered great human maxims. He was a sincere man of high moral character and did not praise anyone except truthfully. The most famous person he praised was Harim ibn Sinan, who paid the blood money to stop the Dahis and Al-Ghabra War. So, Zuhair composed several poems celebrating his deeds and extolling his rank. Harim, in return, vowed to reward Zuhair every time he met him. Ashamed of the bountiful gifts given by Harim, Zuhair ultimately had to avoid meeting him. Shortly before his death, he had a dream which he interpreted as the close advent of the prophet of the last prophet. His sons were poets, the most famous of them was Kaab ibn Zuhair, who came to the Prophet, embraced Islam and praised the Prophet (PBUH) with his famous poem. Zuhair died in c. 13 BH/609 AD.