A Woman Making Use of the Month of Ramadan

Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih, and since we are in this blessed, blessed month, some reflections come to mind regarding the fasting people. Perhaps you could speak at the beginning about how a woman should make use of the blessed month of Ramadan?

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, a woman, like a man, makes use of the month of Ramadan through obedience and the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), reciting the Qur'an, praying the tarawih, and praying the tahajjud in the last part of the night, if that is possible for her. She is exactly like a man in this. She increases her remembrance of Allah through tasbih, tahlil, and takbir, and gives charity if she is able to give in this month. She makes use of this month exactly as men do.
She is required to avoid what many women do in this time, such as tabarruj (displaying adornment), going out to the markets, staying up late at night without benefit, going to parties or to wedding houses or the like, thereby wasting her time. She may commit some of what is wrong, or mix with those who do what is wrong without forbidding it to them. She should preserve her time and preserve herself in Ramadan and in other times, but especially in Ramadan, because the sin is more severe.