The Ruling on Spending Zakah on Marriage and on Orphans

Question:
Now, the second question. About the ten percent, ten percent, O Shaykh. Do you mean zakah? Is zakah spent on orphans? Yes, fine. Your second question, my brother, the second one is also about the zakah of wealth: is it permissible to use it to cover the costs of marriage? Fine, thank you, thank you.

Answer:
It is spent on the needy person who wants to marry but cannot afford it; he is helped from the zakah. There is nothing wrong with that, because he is poor and marriage is a necessity for him, so he is helped from it. Likewise, the poor orphan is provided for from the zakah and from voluntary charity. Yes.