Repentance
[9:91]
[But] no blame shall attach to the weak, nor to the sick, nor to those who have no means [to equip themselves], provided that they are sincere towards God and His Apostle: there is no cause to reproach the doers of good, for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

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* v.91 : I.e., the old and the infirm.
* Lit., “who do not find anything to spend,” i.e., on their equipment. At the time in question a public treasury did not yet exist, and every participant in a military expedition was expected to provide his own weapons and mounts.
* Lit., “who ask thee for exemption while they are rich.” The term ghanī denotes “one who is rich” or “free from want” or “self-sufficient”; in this context it obviously refers to physical competence in addition to financial means: that is, to people who were able-bodied as well as financially in a position to equip themselves (cf. verses 86-87 above).