Qays ibn Zuhayr (Arabic: قيس بن زهير) also known as Abu Hind was a tribal chief of the Banu Abs tribe.

Qays converted to Christianity in his final years and then emigrated to Oman where he stayed for the rest of his life.

[8] Qays ibn Zuhayr eventually agreed to stop fighting against the Banu Dhubyan as the blood money for his brother had been paid off by two noblemen from a neighboring tribe.

[4][5][7] He would later become an ascetic in his final years and then emigrate to Oman where he lived the rest of his life in seclusion until he died in 631 CE (10 AH in the Islamic calendar).

[7] Aside from being known as a cunning and courageous tribal chief and warrior amongst the pre-Islamic Arabs, Qays was a famed poet.