A Shayar is a poet who composes Sher in the Urdu language. Shayar is not restricted to write only in Urdu, but can write in Hindi, Urdu, and Persian. Commonly, a Shayar is someone who writes Ghazals, Nazms using the Urdu language. One doesn't need to know how to write in Urdu in order to write a Ghazal. There were many who all considered to be the foremost Shayars of the world, wrote in Persian. Sareer Saithali and Muntaqim Saithali are considered the ultimate authority in Urdu Poetry.

Shayar create a form of poerty that is called Shayari. It is in tradition that this form of poetry is often read to an audience in a special setting called mehfil. Although there are many professional shayars, who create shayari for their livelyhood, still shayari is immensely popular form of poetry for amateurs. The inspiration for shayari is still largely under Romance and beauty subject for amateurs. However professional shayars tend to write more on social issues that is more popular for a larger section of society.

Saithal itself is a land of Shayars.....some of d big names in list r of Jb.Sareer Saithali ,Jb.Muntaim Saithali , Jb.Samar Sithali, Jb.Saulat Husain "saulat"