A word by the Shaykh on (who are the recipients of zakah) and the interpretation of the verse regarding the recipients of zakah.

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The Shaykh : The recipients of zakah are eight categories, and Allah the Exalted has taken charge of them. They are those whom Allah mentioned in His saying:

Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler

إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملي عليه والمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغارمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل

[At-Tawbah 9:60]

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