﴿ إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةًۭ وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًۭا ﴾

“But excepted shall be the truly helpless - be they men or women or children - who cannot bring forth any strength and have not been shown the right way:”

The third verse (96) too recounts the same degrees of precedence that the Mujahidin have over others. Ruling Jihad is not obligatory on the lame, the crippled, the blind, the sick and on others who are excusable under the Islamic law.