She says that she is afflicted with doubt and intrusive thoughts. How did this happen to her, given that she is a woman who has prayed since she was young?

Question:
She is afflicted with doubt and intrusive thoughts. How did this happen to her, when she describes herself, as she says, as being among those who have prayed since childhood? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Doubt and intrusive thoughts are psychological illnesses, and they are the result of Satan’s dominance over the Muslim. So she should seek help from Allah against the accursed Satan, and she should increase her remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because the remembrance of Allah drives Satan away from her. She should also not pay attention to the intrusive thoughts, nor worry about them, nor react to them; for they do not harm her, by the permission of Allah. Rather, she should reject them completely and cast them aside, and by doing so, they will depart from her, by the permission of Allah.