Medical treatment is of benefit when the appointed time has not yet come, and Allah decrees that His slave should be healed. The same applies in the case of one who has been affected by sihr; Allah may decree that he should recover, or He may not decree that, as a test and a trial, or for other reasons which are known to Allah. Among those reasons may be the fact that the one who is treating him does not have the right treatment for this problem. It was narrated in a saheeh report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “For every disease there is a medicine, and if that medicine is applied to the disease, he will recover by Allah’s Leave.” And he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah has not sent down any disease but He has also sent down the cure; the one who knows it knows it and the one who does not know it does not know it.”