«لَا يِتْسَرَّى وَلَا يْبَاتْ بَرَّا»

The saying sketches a man of steady, blameless conduct by naming two things he never does. He does not take a concubine, an institution of an older social order, and he does not pass his nights anywhere other than his own home. Together these refusals stand for marital faithfulness and dependable domestic habits.

In practice it serves as a compact compliment on a man's integrity; applying it to anyone else extends its direct, masculine sense. Rather than praising virtue abstractly, it points to concrete behavior that would otherwise invite gossip or worry, suggesting he is trustworthy, settled, and free of hidden indulgences or scandal.

Suited to describing a man, typically a husband, whose private habits give no cause for suspicion: he keeps no secret companion and returns home each night. It works as approving characterization rather than as advice or rebuke.