Giving zakaah to someone who wants to get married
Question

                One of my friends wants to get married, but he does not have enough money to cover the expenses of getting married. Is it permissible for me to help him and to count that money as part of my zakaah?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Yes, it is permissible to give zakaah to someone who wants to 
    get married, if he does not have enough money to get married. This is 
    included in the eight categories mentioned in the verse in which Allaah says 
    (interpretation of the meaning): 

    “As-Sadaqaat (here it means Zakaah) are only for the 
    Fuqaraa’ (poor), and Al-Masaakeen(the poor) and those 
    employed to collect (the funds); and to attract the hearts of those who have 
    been inclined (towards Islam); and to free the captives; and for those in 
    debt; and for Allaah’s Cause (i.e. for Mujaahidoon — those fighting in a 
    holy battle), and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is cut off from 
    everything); a duty imposed by Allaah. And Allaah is All-Knower, All-Wise”

    [al-Tawbah 9:60]

    The one who does not have enough money is poor, so it is 
    permissible to give him zakaah. 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: If we find a person who can earn 
    enough for food and drink and accommodation, but he needs to get married and 
    does not have enough to do so, is it permissible for us to get him married 
    using zakaah funds? The answer is: yes, it is permissible to get him married 
    using zakaah funds, and to give him the mahr in full.  

    If it is said: how come it is permissible to get a poor man 
    married using zakaah funds even if what is given to him is a large amount? 
    We say:  because a man’s need to get married is urgent, and in some cases it 
    may be like his need for food and drink. Hence the scholars said that the 
    one who is obliged to spend on a person must marry him off if he can afford 
    that. So the father must marry his son off if the son needs to get married 
    but does not have the means of doing so. But I heard that some fathers 
    forget how they were when they were young, and when their sons ask them to 
    help them get married, they say: “Pay for marriage from your own pocket.” 
    This is not permissible, and it is haraam if he is able to get him married. 
    His son will confront him on the Day of Resurrection if he does not get him 
    married when he is able to. 

    Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 
    440-441. 

    Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked 
    about giving zakaah to a young man who cannot afford to get married. He 
    said: 

    It is permissible to give zakaah to this young man, to help 
    him get married, if he cannot afford it. 

    Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 
    14/275. 

    The Standing Committee was asked: 
Is it permissible to 
    give zakaah to a young man who wants to get married in order to guard his 
    chastity? 

    They replied: 

    That is permissible if he cannot afford the customary 
    expenses of marriage where there is no extravagance. 

    Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 
    10/17. 

    And Allaah knows best.