Question 653.
Who are the persons eligible to receive the Zakat money? ?

Answer 653.
In our times the following categories of people can legitimately be given the Zakat money:
a needy person, i.e. a person who has some belongings but they fall short of the minimum prescribed for Nisab;
a pauper, i.e. a person who just has nothing;
a debtor, namely, a person who owes debts to others and has no almsworthy capital free from encumberances;
a person "on journey" who has run short of money.
It is allowed to give him as much as would suffice for his immediate needs, out of the Zakat money.