Advice to women regarding wearing short and transparent clothing in front of other women

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you! Some women are lax in their dress, on the pretext that they are in front of their neighbors or a group of women, with no men present. They may wear short clothing, or transparent clothing, or a shirt, or a dress without sleeves. What is your advice to the women present on this matter, and to their sisters, so that the general Muslim women may benefit from your knowledge?

Answer:
My advice is that this laxity is not permissible. Perhaps the woman who wears short clothing in front of women, or wears transparent clothes that reveal part of her body in front of women, becomes a bad example for others. They will say, "We saw so-and-so wearing such and such, so there is no harm," and women will become lax in hijab because of this woman whom they saw wearing this non-modest dress. She becomes a bad example in that. The Muslim woman must be a good example in her dress, her conduct, and her religion; she should be a good example. Also, what is the reason for her to wear short clothing or reveal part of her body in front of women? What is the reason for this? A woman reveals in front of women what is customary to reveal and what is necessary to reveal in front of women, such as the face, hands, and feet, or what work requires to be revealed, such as for cooking or kneading or otherwise. She reveals the things that are customary to reveal and which do not lead to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). As for increasing the revelation, revealing her legs or her arms or her upper arms in front of women, this is not permissible, because it becomes a means for many who see it to follow her, and she becomes an example in evil.