Thinking about death to the point of obsessive doubt is not praiseworthy

Question:
The first message in this episode is one that reached the program from al-Qassim, sent by one of our sisters from there. Umm Salih, Umm Salih says in one of her questions: I sometimes feel the worries of this world, and I feel that life has no meaning whenever I remember death. This is what is distressing, because everything in this world is excessive, even though I fast, pray, and read the Qur'an. What do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the remembrance of death, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him): . Remembering death necessitates preparing through righteous deeds, repenting to Allah, and giving up injustices. There are benefits in it, and heedlessness regarding death causes a person to be lazy about acts of obedience or to persist in sins. Longing for life and being deceived by this worldly life take hold of him until he becomes accustomed to sins and lazy about acts of obedience. However, if thinking about death reaches the level of obsessive doubt (waswasah), this is not praiseworthy. If it reaches what the questioner mentioned, that it has disturbed her life and her worries have piled up, then this is from Shaytan. This is waswasah. So she should seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan and reject this matter. Death, as Allah the Exalted said, is something every soul will taste. Death is inevitable, but the issue lies in preparing for death, remembering the Hereafter, and repenting from sins, without a person entering into the mazes of obsessive doubts, suspicions, and illusions, and being disturbed in his life, and not enjoying comfort, food, or drink. This is not praiseworthy, and this is from Shaytan.