On whom is spending obligatory?

Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Who is spending to be given to? And if it is for those in need, are the ones in need those we find in the mosque? Is there spending for anyone else?

Answer:
Spending is to be made in many avenues of good. First and foremost among them is the obligatory spending, which is paying the zakah. It is also obligatory to spend on yourself and on those whose maintenance is your responsibility. Anything beyond that is voluntary. It may be in jihad in the path of Allah, in calling people to Allah, in building mosques, in spreading knowledge, in giving to the poor and the needy, in helping those in financial difficulty, and in other avenues of good. There are many avenues of good, including the beggars. The beggars who ask have a right, and so the one who exposes himself to people and asks is given. Yes.