Is it permissible to give zakah for building mosques and charitable projects?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to give zakah for building mosques and charitable projects and charitable associations and the orphanage?

Answer:
No, it is not permissible. This is not to be put into projects, nor the building of mosques, nor the building of schools. Rather, it is for those whom Allah mentioned in the verse and restricted it to them: to the end of the verse. So it is not permissible to give it to other than these categories that Allah restricted it to. Charitable projects are funded from donations and from voluntary charity, from the recommended voluntary charity, not from zakah. Yes.
As for orphans, if they are poor, it is given to them because of their poverty, not because they are orphans. As for orphans who have an inheritance and have wealth, zakah is not permissible for them from any of their wealth. Yes.