| Abu Layla al-Muhalhel | |
| Birth Date: | c. 443 CE |
| Birth Place: | Najd |
| Death Date: | c. 531 CE |
| Occupation: | Poet, Warrior |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Relatives: | Imru' al-Qais (nephew), Amr ibn Kulthum (grandson) |
Abu Layla ʿUday ibn Rabīʿa ibn al-Ḥāriṯ at-Taḡlibiyy (Arabic: أَبُو لَيْلَى عُدَيّ بْن رَبِيعَة بْن الْحَارِث التَّغْلِبِيّ; 443 – 531 CE), also known by the nicknames al-Muhalhil ("he who finely weaves poems") and az-Zīr ("the philander"), was a pre-Islamic poet and warrior born in Najd. He led the Banu Taghlib tribe in the forty-year long War of Basus.[1] [2] [3]
He was the maternal uncle of fellow poet Imru' al-Qais,[1] and also the grandfather of Amr ibn Kulthum through his second daughter Layla.