The Ruling on a Woman's Voice

Question:
He asks: Is a woman's voice an 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) or not?

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If a woman's voice contains submission, temptation, or banter with a man, or what they call flirting, this is not permissible; this is temptation. Allah the Exalted said to the wives of His Prophet: As for ordinary speech out of necessity, ordinary speech out of necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. Asking a scholar a question, asking a merchant about a commodity, greeting him with the salam, asking about his condition, or about the condition of his family, there is nothing wrong with this, because there is no temptation in it. As for speech that contains temptation and persuasion toward desires, this is not permissible. Yes.