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 – an obligation [imposed] by Allah . And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
Meaning:-
Zakat (Arabic: zakāt, “that which purifies”) is a form of alms-giving and religious tax in Islam, (alms means: charity, money or food given to poor people)