Spending Zakah on duplicating cassette tapes and distributing them abroad

Q: We would like to inform you that we have an official license authorizing us to duplicate cassette tapes and distribute them abroad. The supervisor of this license is the Department of Mosque-Building and Charitable Projects in Riyadh. Our question is: Is it permissible for people to pay their Zakah (obligatory charity) to produce these Islamic tapes, especially that some benevolent persons stopped paying their Zakah money for this important purpose?

A: It is not permissible to spend Zakah money on the activity referred to, as it is not one (Part No. 8; Page No. 419) of the eight categories of Zakah recipients according to the Qur'anic noble verse determining these categories.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.