The Ruling on Spending Zakah in Facilitating the Pilgrimage of the Poor

The Shaykh : As for whether it is permissible to pay from the zakah? Some of the people have said that, and stated that it is permissible to pay from the zakah what the remaining people receive in the house of the elderly woman, especially since there are two benefits in abolishing their [state of being prevented from Hajj]: the first benefit is the performance of the obligation, and the second benefit is winning their hearts, in preparation for their faith. Those whose hearts are to be reconciled have a share of the zakah by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Is there any harm in a person paying his zakah to one who performs this obligation if he is poor? However, I see that one should not pay the zakah in this category, but rather pay it in its known categories, and give this as voluntary charity and a gift to attain reward.