The Ruling on Listening to Songs and Its Relation to Listening to the Houris in Paradise

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. You said that whoever listens to singing in this world will not hear the singing of the houris in Paradise. Is this based on an explicit text, or is it an analogy to intoxicants?

Answer:
Yes. And whoever occupies himself with these matters is deprived, just as you heard regarding looking; he is deprived of looking, if Allah wills. Purify your hearing if you want to hear. Yes, this indicates that it is not a means to hearing the Paradise, and it does not combine listening to songs and amusement in this world with hearing in Paradise, because he did not do anything, he did not do a righteous deed that qualifies him for hearing in Paradise. Yes, and Paradise is not attained except through deeds. One does not attain what is in it except through deeds, by the mercy of Allah, meaning by what you used to do. It is not attained through wishes. Do you attain Paradise through wishes? It is only attained through deeds. Yes.