«اِلْوِحْدَهْ وَلَا الرِّفِيقِ الْمِتَاعِبْ»

The saying ranks being on one's own above keeping company with someone who brings strain and difficulty. Companionship is valued only when it eases life; a partner who constantly causes trouble turns that value upside down, making isolation the gentler option.

In practice it serves as a justification for stepping away from a burdensome relationship or refusing an unwelcome associate. It frames solitude not as a misfortune but as the preferable choice when the alternative is ongoing hardship and exhaustion, not mere annoyance.

Suitable when someone is weighing whether to keep a draining friend, partner, or travel companion, or when justifying a decision to go it alone. It can reassure a person who fears loneliness that being alone is the lesser hardship.