Everyone, evidenced by the fact that it is not obligatory to generalize to every category by it. Allah the Exalted has mentioned in another verse its expenditure to a single category, as He, Glory be to Him, said: {If you disclose your charities, it is well; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you.} And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Mu'adh when he sent him to Yemen: "Inform them that they have a charity taken from their wealthy and returned to their poor." It is agreed upon. He did not mention in the verse or in the narration anything other than a single category. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Qabisah when he undertook a debt burden: "Wait, Qabisah, until the charity comes to us, so we may order it for you." He mentioned paying it to one category, and he was among the debtors. He commanded the Banu Zurayq to pay their charity to Salamah bin Sakhr, as recorded by Abu Dawud, and he was a single person. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent to him a small gold piece in its soil, and he divided it among those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and they are a single category. The reports regarding this are numerous, indicating that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not believe in every established charity that it must be paid to all categories, nor that they must be generalized with it; rather, he used to pay it to whoever was available from its eligible recipients. This is what is appropriate for the wisdom of the Law and its beauty, as it is not permissible for Allah, Glory be to Him and Exalted, to burden one upon whom a sheep, a sa' of wheat, a half-mithqal, or five dirhams has become due, to pay it to eighteen, twenty-one, or twenty-four persons from eight categories, with each three of them receiving an eighth of it. Typically, it is impossible for them to be found in a large region, and the ruler would be incapable of delivering the treasury's wealth to them in this manner despite its abundance. So how would Allah, Glory be to Him and Exalted, burden everyone upon whom Zakat is due to gather them