welfare funds are only for the poor the destitute the tax collectors those whose hearts are inclined the slaves those who cannot pay their debts for the cause of god and for those who have become needy on a journey. paying zakat is an obligation that god has decreed. god is allknowing and allwise.
إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملين عليها والمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغارمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل فريضة من الله والله عليم حكيم