Is Zakah permissible to be given to a non-Muslim debtor?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Deposits

Book 34 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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Zakah funds must not be given to a non-Muslim debtor (*ghārim kāfir*). This is because they are not qualified recipients (*ahl az-zakāt*). Consequently, Zakah is also prohibited from being given to their poor or their indentured servants (*mukatab*).