Advice for those who waste Ramadan in sleep and amusement

Question:
Many people in Ramadan have made their only concern obtaining food and sleeping, so Ramadan has become a month of laziness and lethargy. Also, some people play at night and sleep during the day. What is the Shaykh’s guidance on this?

Answer:
The guidance on this is clear: this is a desecration of the month of Ramadan and a waste of it. The Muslim should care about the month of Ramadan, increase in righteous deeds in it, and participate with the Muslims in the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer. He should also make it his habit to pray in his home, for it is a great and blessed month, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) described it.
As for those who take advantage of Ramadan for heedlessness, amusement, joking, staying up late for jokes, for comedies, or for the websites they open which contain amusement and play, this is a waste, this is a loss, and this is a calamity for the person.
He will regret in a short time what he has wasted. So the Muslim should repent to Allah, who has been afflicted with these matters, and turn to the obedience of his Lord in this month, guard his time, and participate with the Muslims in filling the mosques. Yes.