Women and Taraaweeh Prayer:

　　Ramadan is distinguished over other months by the Taraaweeh prayer. Praise be to Allah The Almighty, many women and girls are keen to perform Taraaweeh prayer in the mosques. However, dear sister, if you want to have your full reward, you should observe the following points and advise your daughters and sisters to observe them:

　　1- The head cover should be large, long, not transparent and free from all forms of embroidery that attracts attention.

　　4- They should not carry pagers or mobile phones during the prayer, for angels hate music, and it distracts people and prevents Khushoo‘ (submission) in prayer, especially with those strange mobile ring tones. Knowing that it is prohibited to listen to musical instruments in people's houses, what would the ruling be on listening to them in the House of Allah?

　　7- Some of our girls, may Allah guide them, go out for the purpose of performing Taraaweeh prayer in the mosque, but after the prayer is over they go off with some of their friends to the markets or other evil place where their parents do not expect them to go. The mother should take care of her adolescent girls and be sure that they are actually leaving to perform prayer and nothing else.

　　Finally, I would like to say that devils from mankind - while the devils from the Jinn are chained - will not leave you to enjoy the month of Ramadan. Rather, they will try to fill the gap that their brothers have left to ruin that month with television series, movies, video clips, quizzes, cheap songs and worthless programs. Thus, watch out for yourself and your house and do not let that month pass without benefiting from it, and be careful not to squander its reward. In Ramadan, there is no time for such nonsense because it is too precious to be wasted. We ask Allah The Almighty to make Ramadan a good and blessed month for us and for all the Muslims. I wish for you all that is good in Ramadan.

　　Your Sister, Su‘aad ‘Uthmaan,

　　KSA.