The Ruling on Listening to Singing and How to Distance Oneself from It

Question:
His final question in his letter says: "With my respect for the Book of Allah and my consistency in performing the prayers, I am inclined to listen to male and female singers. What is the ruling on this? And how can I get rid of it?"

Answer:
You must strive against your self and replace that with listening to the Noble Qur'an, increasing its recitation, and engaging in the remembrance of Allah and in what benefits you in your religion and your worldly affairs. As for listening to male and female singers, it is among the means of evil and the means of the blindness of the hearts; you will notice its harshness and its deviation from the path of good. So beware of this action and guard against it with the utmost caution. Allah said: Thus, He made idle talk a misguidance from the path of Allah. Idle talk, singing, and instruments of amusement, as the majority of the scholars of knowledge said in their interpretation of the verse. It is obligatory for you to guard against this path and to replace this evil with what Allah has legislated of good: by listening to the Noble Qur'an, reflecting on its meanings, increasing its recitation, increasing the remembrance of Allah, conversing with your brothers in what benefits you, studying together in what benefits you, conversing with your family in what benefits you, and engaging in something else from the permissible matters, so that you are occupied with what Allah has permitted instead of what He has forbidden. May Allah grant guidance to all of you. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.