The belief of the Sunni religious group in Turkey regarding the prohibition of music in Islam underwent a considerable change after 1980. The Islamic popular music genre materialized around this time, which attempted to express the discourses of the Sunni religious groups through the language and style of music. Numerous musical instruments have been employed in religious music as a result of the advent of the Islamic popular music genre. The literature has noted that limited research has been conducted on the relationship of today's religious youth with Islamic popular music and their music listening habits. This study scrutinizes in-depth the relations of young and young adult men, who are members of the Naqshbandi tradition and distant to music, with Islamic popular music and their music listening practices in general. The research found that the participants listened to singers such as Maher Zain and Sami Yusuf, who are globally recognized and produce religious-themed music, as well as singers who produce music in the genres of folk music and rap. Furthermore, it was revealed that the religious beliefs of the participants as well as the cities of their birth, places where they lived, educational levels, and ethnic origins had an impact on their relationships with music in everyday life. It was determined that the participants partially followed the rules of music and sound in the Naqshbandi tradition but began to deal with music in a wide range depending on the era. Nevertheless, it was observed that the participants' negative attitude towards the female voice and the female presence in the music persisted.