Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Does a widow woman have to pay zakat?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
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If a widow fulfills the conditions of zakat being due, then she would have to pay zakat, like any other morally responsible Muslim.
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Faraz Rabbani