Is it obligatory to inform those we give zakah to that it is zakah?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I have zakah on my wealth, so if I want to give it to a person, am I required to inform him that it is zakah?

Answer:
If you know, or if it is most likely in your opinion, that he does not want the zakah—he does not want the zakah—some people are very modest and do not want the zakah. If you know that he dislikes the zakah, then inform him. But if you do not know and you see that he is in need, give him the zakah, and praise be to Allah. Yes.