Aslam

Praise be to Allah.If

that is by doing something permissible, such as reciting du’aa’s that

are prescribed or permitted in Islam, or by using a ruqyah that is prescribed

in Islam, there is nothing wrong with that. But if a person learns magic

in order to counteract magic, or for any other purposes, then that is

not permitted and in fact is something which nullifies a person’s Islam,

because it is not possible to learn it without falling into shirk. That

happens by worshipping the shayaateen (devils), by offering sacrifices

to them and making vows to them, and other kinds of worship, and offering

sacrifices to them and seeking to draw close to them with things that

they love, until they serve a person and do what he wants. This is the

mutual benefit which Allaah refers to in the aayah (interpretation of

the meaning):

“And

on the Day when He will gather them (all) together (and say): ‘O you

assembly of jinn! Many did you mislead of men,’ and their Awliyaa’ (friends

and helpers) amongst men will say: ‘Our Lord! We benefited one from

the other, but now we have reached our appointed term which You did

appoint for us.’ He will say: ‘The Fire be your dwelling place, you

will dwell therein forever, except as Allaah may will. Certainly your

Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing.’”

[al-An’aam

6:128]