قال الله تعالى: {إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين} الآية
Translation: Allah says: “Zakat charities are for the poor and the needy,” continuing through the verse.
This is the opening of Qur’an 9:60. Its eight listed categories are the poor, the destitute, collectors, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, those in bondage, debtors, in Allah’s cause and stranded travellers.
The subsequent historical Hanafi treatment of the reconciliation category must not be confused with the original eight-part Quranic enumeration.