Who is the traveler entitled to zakah?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person is traveling and his money runs out or is stolen from him, and he is in a wealthy country but cannot access his money due to difficulties or the closure of banks, is he given what he needs from zakah to return him to his family?

The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.

The questioner:
He says: If a person is traveling and his money runs out or is stolen from him, and he is in a wealthy country but cannot access his money due to difficulties or the closure of banks, is he given what he needs from zakah to return him to his family?

The Shaykh:
Yes, this is the traveler (ibn al-sabil). This is the traveler whose provisions have run out, or were lost, or were stolen, and he is unable to access his money. He takes from it. What would his father do? Would he let him die? No, he asks people. He is given this; he is the traveler. Yes.