Obsessions in Ablution and Fasting, and Dryness in the Mouth

The questioner:
Salih, our brother Ahmad is with us from Riyadh. Go ahead, Ahmad. Peace be upon you. Peace and the mercy of Allah. I ask the Shaykh about my mother, who suffers from obsessive thoughts (waswas) during ablution? It also affects her during some rak'ahs while fasting. For example, during last Ramadan, she suffered greatly from it. Now, while fasting voluntarily, she insists on fasting. I remind her that it is not obligatory for her, but she insists on fasting and gets exhausted from it. I do not know if I am wrong or right.

The Shaykh:
By Allah, in any case, waswas is a psychological illness. So she should seek refuge in Allah when she feels it, seeking refuge from the accursed Shaytan, and it will go away from her. Also, she should not pay attention to the waswas; she should reject it and not look at it, and continue with her work, her prayer, and her worship, without paying attention to the waswas. With Allah’s permission, it will cease for her. Yes.

The questioner:
Regarding fasting, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Fasting: she fasts, my brother, she fasts with the Muslims, she breaks her fast with the Muslims,

The questioner:
But she suffers from it to the point that she cannot speak, or even in the prayer itself, meaning she is exhausted by it.

The Shaykh:
I say she does not speak, and what does not speaking mean? She does not recite, or...

The questioner:
She suffers from dryness in her hearing.

The presenter:
He says, O our Shaykh, she suffers from dryness in her mouth due to fasting. Is this an excuse for her to break her fast, and they order her to break her fast? Is there anything upon them?

The Shaykh:
Consult the doctors, my brother; perhaps they will find a treatment for her. If she is unable to fast, she may break her fast. If she is able to make up the fasts, she makes them up; otherwise, she feeds one poor person for every day. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh