Issue 144: Those who receive Zakāt must:
 Be Twelver Shīʿa (Ithnā ʿAsharī Shīʿa).
 Not use Zakāt for unlawful purposes.
 As a measure of obligatory precaution, not be habitual drinkers of alcohol or neglectful of prayer, and not commit sins openly.
 Not be someone whose expenses are obligatory upon the Zakāt giver, such as a spouse.
 If the Zakāt giver is a non-Hashemite, the recipient must also be a non-Hashemite.