«اِلْمِفَلِّسْ فِي أَمَانِ الله»

A person who owns nothing is beyond the reach of anyone who might take something from him. With no wealth to confiscate and nothing that can be claimed, he has no reason to worry. Being in God's keeping here means plain protection and security, not a reward or divine favor earned by poverty.

The saying turns destitution into a strange kind of immunity. Those with property must fear creditors, taxes, officials, and thieves, while the empty-handed man cannot be squeezed for anything. The tone is usually rueful or joking rather than admiring, and it does not present poverty as a virtue.

Said when someone with no money or property shrugs off threats of seizure, fines, or demands for payment, or when others remark on such a person's carefree calm. It can also be a self-mocking reply from someone admitting they are broke.