ANSWER: There’s a difference between hearing and listening, if you just happen to listen without actually wanting to hear, you’re not sinful. You can wear headphones and listen to the Quran or a lecture.  You must however give them dawah about it’s prohibition but with diplomacy, good manners and wisdom.

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ANSWER: This is not backbiting if it’s common news and not gossip about celebrities (it is not permissible to listen to such things) 

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ANSWER: You must give them dawah about its prohibition with respect, wisdom, good manners and diplomacy. Even after this if they continue with their backbiting, you must leave that place immediately. 

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