What does this expression mean to you: the devil dances in empty pockets?

Yahya Aleemi, Lecturer (2002-present)

Answered June 2, 2019

The devil dances in an empty pocket. The bitter truth of our society that poor & needy people having nothing in their empty pockets are the best target of Satan. He instigates them with the evil plots that can lead them to any extreme. As the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said, “It is reasonable to assume that poverty can end in blasphemy and faithlessness.”