اصْرِفْ هَذَا فِي نَفَقَتِكَ
Use this for your expenses.
أَوْ فَرِّقْهُ عَلَى رُفْقَتِكَ
Or distribute it among your traveling companions.
Nafaqah means expenditure or provision; rufqah refers to a company of travelers. The speaker leaves open two uses: personal necessities and assistance to companions.
The words reinforce the visitor's outward identity as a traveler. They do not tell us what he ultimately does with the money.
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اصْرِفْ هَذَا فِي نَفَقَتِكَ
Use this for your expenses.
أَوْ فَرِّقْهُ عَلَى رُفْقَتِكَ
Or distribute it among your traveling companions.
Nafaqah means expenditure or provision; rufqah refers to a company of travelers. The speaker leaves open two uses: personal necessities and assistance to companions.
The words reinforce the visitor's outward identity as a traveler. They do not tell us what he ultimately does with the money.