«اِللِّي يْعَاشِرْ الْحَكِيمْ يِمُوتْ سَقِيمْ»

The saying pictures constant involvement with a doctor as a path to lingering illness. Its force lies in the paradox that a pursuit intended to restore health may, when taken too far, end in the very condition it seeks to prevent.

More broadly, it rebukes lack of moderation. A useful practice does not remain harmless merely because its purpose is good; pressing it beyond reasonable limits can turn benefit into injury.

Used hyperbolically to warn against going to extremes in treatment or another otherwise helpful practice. It stresses restraint rather than rejecting care and should not be understood as advice to forgo needed medical care.