1) (Al-Fuqara) - The Poor
2) (Al-Masakin) - The Needy
3) (Al-Amiliyn) - The Zakat Collectors
4) (Al-Muallafatu Qulubuhum) - Recent converts to Islam
5) (Fir-Riqab) - To free from Slavery
6) (Al-Gharimin) - Debtors
7) (Fi Sabilillah) - Cause of Allah
8) (Ibnu Al-Sabil) - Traveller
“Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.” [Quran-9:60]
Note: Zakat should not be given to one's own parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, spouses or the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
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