«خُدْ مِنِ الْحَافِي نَعْلُهْ»

The saying highlights the absurdity of trying to extract something from a person who has nothing. A barefoot man cannot surrender a sandal he never had, so the instruction is ironic: it names an impossible demand, not a real act of taking.

In practice it works as a wry retort. It suggests that pressing, suing, or squeezing the destitute is pointless, and it gently mocks whoever expects a return from such a source, rather than urging anyone to rob the poor.

Use it mockingly when someone tries to collect money, compensation, or goods from a person who plainly has nothing. It fits a creditor chasing a penniless debtor. It mocks the futile demand, never the poor.