“Go forth, whether lightly or heavily equipped, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah. That is better for you, if only you knew.” (41)

His saying, exalted is He: “Go forth, whether lightly or heavily equipped.” Al-Hasan, al-Dahhak, Mujahid, Qatadah, and Ikrimah said: young and old. It is narrated from Ibn Abbas: eager and otherwise. Atiyyah al-Awfi said: mounted and on foot. Abu Salih said: lightly provided in wealth—that is, poor—and heavily provided—that is, wealthy. Ibn Zayd said: The heavily equipped person is one who has an estate; he is heavily burdened, because he dislikes leaving his estate. The lightly equipped person is one who has no estate.

It is also narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said: “Lightly: those who are well-off...”