«اِلْمَالِ اللِّي مَا تِتْعَبْ فِيهِ الْيَد مَا يِحْزَنْ عَلِيهِ الْقَلْبْ»

Wealth that arrives without effort carries little emotional weight for its holder. Because the person never labored to gain it, they feel neither real sorrow at losing it nor reluctance to part with it, and that lack of attachment tends to make them careless and extravagant with it.

The saying links the value people place on things to the work those things cost them. It implies that toil creates a sense of ownership and restraint, while easy gains invite squandering, so it often works as a quiet criticism of heedless spending.

Suited to remarks about someone spending inherited, gifted, or windfall money carelessly, or wasting resources that others provided. It carries a critical, somewhat reproachful tone and can also serve as a general reminder that personal effort teaches people to value what they own.