Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - At-Tawba : 93
اِنَّمَا السَّبِیْلُ عَلَى الَّذِیْنَ یَسْتَاْذِنُوْنَكَ وَ هُمْ اَغْنِیَآءُ١ۚ رَضُوْا بِاَنْ یَّكُوْنُوْا مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ١ۙ وَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ
Blame lies, in fact, on those who ask you permission de-spite being rich. They are happy being with women who sit back. And Allah has sealed their hearts; so they do not know.
Ultimately, there were some of them still left out for the simple reason that they could not find a mount. Rendered totally helpless, they could do nothing about their aspirations for Jihad. These are the kinds of people mentioned in the cited verses whose excuse was accepted by Allah Ta` ala. However, at the end, the warning was repeated by saying that particularly cursed are those who, despite their ability, elected to stay away from Jihad like women. The sentence: الَّذِينَ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ وَهُمْ أَغْنِيَاءُ (Blame lies, in fact, on those who ask your permis-sion despite being rich - 93) means exactly this.
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