Question 430) - Upon whom can Zakah be spent?

A: Allaah has explained it in His Honoured Book, "Verily Sadaqah is for the Fuqara, Masakin, the workers on it, whose hearts are to be united, slaves, debtors, in the way of Allaah and travellers." There are thus 8 categories:
1.Fuqara, 2.Masakin, 3.workers on it, 4.whose hearts are to be united, 5.slaves, 6.debtors, 7.in Allaah's way, 8. travellers

~ al-Quduri ~