Can zakat be given to non-Muslims?

The majority of jurists, including the four madhhab imams, have reached a consensus that zakat cannot be given to non-Muslims. This is because, in principle, zakat is the right of poor Muslims. (Kâsânî, Bedâ’i, 2/49; Nawawi, al-Majmū‘, 6/197; al-Fatāwā al-Hindiyya, 1/188; Ibn Nujaym, al-Baḥr, 2/261; Ibn Qudāmah, al-Mughnī, 2/487; Khalil, Mukhtaṣar, 59)

Source: T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu