Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2896
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ رَأَى سَعْدٌ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ لَهُ فَضْلاً عَلَى مَنْ دُونَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هَلْ تُنْصَرُونَ وَتُرْزَقُونَ إِلاَّ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ ".
Musʿab bin Saʿd reported: Saʿd thought that he had an advantage over those beneath him. The Prophet ﷺ said: “You are granted victory and provision only through your vulnerable ones.”
Translation notes
“Vulnerable ones” renders the Arabic for the weak; the English witness narrows it to the poor.
بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ
The Arabic says “your weak/vulnerable ones”; the English witness renders this more narrowly as “the poor.”
Does the surrounding context support a narrower reference to poverty, or should the broader Arabic wording be retained?