Ruling on one who thinks that sihr is OK so long as it does not cause any problems

 

What do you think about a man who used ruqyah, but he did not think that it helped him, so he turned from that to sihr (magic, witchcraft), and he says, I think that it is OK so long as it does not cause any problems?

Praise be to Allaah. 

Sihr is evil and is kufr. If a sick person is not cured
by reading (Qur’aan and du’aa’s), then we should note that medicine
does not guarantee a cure either, because not every treatment produces
the desired result. Allaah may delay the healing for a long time, or
the person may die from this sickness. It is not a condition of treatment
that the person should be healed. If a person is treated by reading
Qur’aan and does not recover, that is not an excuse for turning to sihr,
because we are commanded to take the permissible means prescribed in
sharee’ah, and we are forbidden to use haraam means. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “O slaves of Allaah,
seek treatment but do not seek treatment with that which has been forbidden
to you.” And it was narrated that he
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah does not make
your healing in that which He has forbidden to you.” 

All things are in the hand of Allaah, may He be glorified.
He is the One Who heals whomsoever He wills, and He decrees sickness
and death for whomsoever He wills, as He says (interpretation of the
meanings): 

“And if Allaah
touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He touches
you with good, then He is Able to do all things” [al-An’aam
6:17]

 “And if Allaah
touches you with harm, there is none who can remove it but He; and if
He intends any good for you, there is none who can repel
His Favour which He causes it to
reach whomsoever of His slaves He wills. And He is the Oft-Forgiving,
the Most Merciful [Yoonus
10:107]

 So the Muslim must be patient and seek reward with
Allaah. He must limit himself to the means that Allaah has permitted,
and beware of that which Allaah has forbidden, whilst also believing
that the decree of Allaah is beneficial and that His command cannot
be put back, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meanings):  

“Verily, His
Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be!’
and it is! [Yaa-Seen
36:82]

 “And you cannot
will unless (it be) that Allaah wills
the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists) [al-Takweer
81:29] 

And there are many similar aayaat.