The Arabs possessed a remarkable memory and were an eloquent people.Their eloquence and memory found expression in their ppoetry.Every year a fair was held for poetical competition at Ukaz.It is narrated that Hammad said to caliph Waleed Bion Yazid: "I can recite to you for each latter of alphabet, one hundred long poems without taking into account short pieces and all of that was composed excusivelyby poets before the promulgation of Islam.