He wrote poems containing praise, admonition, and wisdom.. Al-Mutanabbi was a great poet in all his situations

He is considered one of the most prominent and famous Arab poets. In all his situations, he was a great poet, and he was angry, honest, and a liar. He praised the princes and presented beautiful poetry with wisdom.

He is Abu al-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi, who accompanied the Emir of Aleppo, “Saif al-Dawla al-Hamdani” in his campaigns against the lands of the Romans and praised him in his poems. Then he joined the Emir of Egypt, “Kafur al-Ikhshidi” and also praised him with great poems.

Despite what was known about his courage, which was witnessed by the enemies, it was said that Al-Mutanabbi was a miser and a lover of money, who never tire of collecting it, and perhaps his upbringing has something to do with this capacity. He saw people respecting the rich even if he did not get anything from his money. He himself tells a story about his youth: he bargained with a seller about a watermelon, and the seller asked for a big price. Then, if a well-to-do man comes forward, the seller smiles at him and sells him the watermelon at a lower price. Al-Mutanabbi said that he knew from that day that money honors its owner.

Al-Mutanabbi wrote poems about Sayf al-Dawla and described his campaigns against the Romans in an accurate description, as he says at the beginning of the poem:

Opinion before the courage of the brave is the first, and it is the second place
If they meet for a free soul, it reaches from the heights to every place.

In this poem, Al-Mutanabbi paints a complex but amazing picture, and describes (the surrounding atmosphere) with the soldiers of Sayf al-Dawla as they cross the Arsnas River, which is one of the tributaries of the Euphrates and is located today in Turkey and they call it the Murad River: The dust is thick and covers the eyes, as the horses do not see with their eyes, but rather with their ears:
In a crowd whose dust the eyes cover, it is as if they see with the ears

The horses crossed the Arsnas River by swimming, and the water reached the turbans of the knights and spread them on the surface of the river:

Until they crossed a swaying people, spreading the turbans of the horsemen.

In his praise of Sayf al-Dawla, al-Mutanabbi says:
O he who kills with his sword whoever he wants, I became the one who killed you with kindness
If I see you warm without you, my gaze, and if I praise you, my tongue becomes warm in you.

As he was praising him, Al-Mutanabbi was daring to accuse Saif al-Dawla:
O the most just of people, except in my dealings, there is contention in you, and you are the adversary and the arbiter
The gathering of those who joined our council will know that I am the best person to seek
I am the one who looked at my literature blind and heard my words deaf

And it is daring at that time and in every time, that the poet praises himself in the presence of the prince. Al-Mutanabbi did not forget himself in every poem.

Then al-Mutanabbi deserted Aleppo and its emir and joined the emir of Egypt, Camphor. And praise him with great poems, even if he does not have love and respect. He was greedy, but he remained a poet.

The world fell on Al-Mutanabbi, and he found himself in Persia, whose language he did not know, and he said and summed up:
But the Arab boy has a strange face, hand, and tongue.

Al-Mutanabbi is described as a great poet in all his situations. He was a poet while he was sincere and angry, and he was a poet while he was a liar and sycophant.
O my two companions, is the wine in your glasses, or is it in your glasses anxiety and boredom?
I am a rock. What is mine? I am not moved by this madam or by these chants