«هَاتُوا مِ الْمَزَابِلْ حُطُّوا عَ الْمَنَابِرْ»

The saying condemns poor judgment in choosing people for important roles. It pictures someone pulling figures out of refuse heaps and setting them on the minbar, the mosque pulpit, here standing for any seat of honor or authority. The image mocks the choice, not religion itself.

Its target is mainly the selector, not only the person selected. It complains about incompetence rewarded, merit ignored, and positions of trust handed to those unfit to hold them, usually voicing frustration at a system or decision-maker that keeps promoting the wrong people.

Say it in disapproval when an organization, ruler, or group hands responsible or prestigious roles to unqualified or unworthy people. It works best as an exasperated aside about a pattern of bad appointments; aimed at one named person, it is a sharp, openly contemptuous insult.