The ruling on increasing obedience in Ramadan and then neglecting it for the rest of the year

Question:
I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to direct two messages. The first is to those fasting people who were eager to restrain their souls and limbs from what Allah the Exalted has forbidden, such as things that break the fast and other prohibitions, but as soon as they break their fast, they turn completely around and smoke, consume what is forbidden, and watch what is forbidden to hear from sins. The second message is to those who are very concerned about the time of the pre-dawn meal and the time of breaking the fast, and who even find it difficult to deal with the matter of saliva and swallowing it, yet they neglect prayer in general, and specifically the prayer with the Muslim congregation. I ask Allah the Exalted to make your knowledge and practice beneficial for Islam and the Muslims, and I thank this blessed channel for its efforts. Thank you, thank you. May Allah welcome you. And may He bless you.

Answer:
As for the first question, which is... Thank you. Restraining the soul from forbidden desires and from what angers Allah the Exalted and harms the person, there is no doubt that this is not limited to the month of Ramadan. Rather, Ramadan is a trainer, a nurturer, and a launchpad for the rest of life. So the Muslim must persist in doing obedience and leaving off disobedience in Ramadan and in other times. Ramadan is merely a reminder, and it is not the intended time for avoiding these things or performing acts of worship only in Ramadan. Rather, the entire life of a person is a time for work. Allah the Exalted said: So there is no end to the Muslim's work except death.
As for the one who strives in Ramadan and then wastes the rest of the year, that is the worst of what he did in Ramadan. When some of the Salaf were asked about people who strive in Ramadan, but when Ramadan ends they return to what they were doing before, he said: "What a bad group of people! They do not know Allah except in Ramadan." So Allah must be known in all of life, in all times, in all hours and moments, for He is the Watcher, the All-Aware, and the Accountant, Glorified and Exalted is He, in all times. The Lord of the months is One, so the Muslim should not limit himself to Ramadan and then waste the other times, becoming . This is the example Allah struck for the one who does a deed and then returns to ruin it, becoming . And among this is the one who strives in Ramadan and then returns after Ramadan to his heedlessness, his wasting of time, and his play in the rest of the year.