There is no good magic in Islam
Question

                I am Muslim and I am from India. I grew up reading fairy tales and fantasies, but now after all these years I am being told everywhere that there is no good magic in Islam and there is only witchcraft. Now I am desperately looking for answers to my "CHILDHOOD FANTASIES".

I hope you would clear my doubt.
Praise be to Allah.
    According to Islamic teaching, all magic 
    is evil, for two reasons: 

    ~1~

    The way in which it is attained, through 
    which the practitioner of magic or witchcraft seeks help from the realm of 
    the jinn and shayaateen (devils) to achieve his magic. This is a way that is 
    filled with things that undermine one’s religious commitment and involves 
    resorting to haraam things and – in many cases – falling into disbelief and 
    apostasy. That is done is done to please the devils to meet the needs of 
    that unknown realm which seeks to deceive the sons of Adam.

    ~2~

    The aim of Islam is to close this door 
    altogether and block the means that usually lead to spreading evil among the 
    people and causing trouble among them. That is because most of the deeds 
    that the practitioners of magic commit only result in causing evil and harm 
    to people. Hence it is reasonable and acceptable to say that a complete 
    prohibition is the only way to block this evil and to rid the land and 
    community of those evil deeds and of the illusions and myths that are 
    connected to them, by ridding societies of witchcraft and its practitioners. 
    This obviously serves a great purpose. 

    Even if some of these practitioners of 
    witchcraft do some good things by means of their magic, that does not 
    justify what they fall into of sin and disobedience to Allah, for many 
    reasons, such as the following: 

    1.The way that is followed to 
    learn witchcraft usually leads to falling into disbelief and sin. 

    2.The ruling applies to what 
    is usually the case with regard to the deeds of the practitioner of 
    witchcraft, and does not pay any attention to that which is the exception. 

    Do you not see that even the criminal and 
    murderer may do some good deeds? Indeed, these states that are occupying and 
    colonising Muslim lands may sometimes do some good things for Muslim 
    countries and others, but these are toxic favours which are insignificant 
    when compared with the evil that they commit and plan. In fact some of the 
    scholars have stated that there is no benefit whatsoever in learning 
    witchcraft, as al-‘Allaamah ash-Shinqeeti (may Allah have mercy on him) 
    said: 

    One of the clearest indications of that is 
    the fact that Allah, may He be exalted, clearly stated that it is harmful 
    and is of no benefit, as He said (interpretation of the meaning): “And 
    they learn that which harms them and benefits them not” [al-Baqarah 2:102]. 
    As Allah has affirmed that witchcraft is harmful and has stated that there 
    is no benefit in it, how can it be permissible to learn that which is pure 
    harm and in which there is no benefit?!

    End quote from Adwa’ al-Bayaan 
    (4/55) 

    3.We cannot be sure that this 
    practitioner of witchcraft will not be safe from temptation which leads to 
    misguidance and going astray. 

    Even though he may do some good by means 
    of some of what he has learned, for the most part this path is something 
    that is not embarked upon by the righteous and pious who adhere to the 
    rulings of sharee‘ah. If the sinner and evildoer, and one who is tempted, 
    embark upon it, then their attitude and religious commitment will never 
    deter them from doing evil, regardless of whether they are Muslim or 
    non-Muslim. 

    Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, 
    has told us of how the Shaytaan tempts the son of Adam, and that hardly 
    anyone has the strength to resist. Allah, may He be glorified, says 
    (interpretation of the meaning):

    “And verily, there were men among 
    mankind who took shelter with the masculine among the jinns, but they (jinns) 
    increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief”

    [al-Jinn 72:6]. 

    Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allah have 
    mercy on him) said: 

    That is, (the jinn said): We thought that 
    we had some superiority over humans, because they use to seek protection 
    with us, i.e., if they halted in a valley or lonely place in the wilderness 
    and so on, as was the custom of the Arabs during the Jaahiliyyah. They would 
    seek protection with the jinn master of the place, lest they harm them in 
    any way, just as one of them would enter his enemy’s land under the 
    protection of a prominent man. When the jinn saw that humans would seek 
    their protection because they were afraid of them, “they (jinns) 
    increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief” which resulted from the 
    increase in their fear and terror, to the extent that they became even more 
    afraid of them and sought their protection even more, as Qataadah said: “they 
    (jinns) increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief” that is, in 
    transgression, and that made the jinn even more audacious towards them.

    End quote from Tafseer al-Qur’an al-‘Azeem 
    (8/239) 

    Al-‘Allaamah as-Sa‘di (may Allah have 
    mercy on him) said: 

    The jinn increased humans in terror and 
    fear because they saw them seeking protection with them. So when a human 
    halted in a scary valley, he would say: I seek refuge with the master of 
    this valley from the foolish ones among his people.

    End quote from Tayseer al-Kareem 
    ar-Rahmaan fi Tafseer Kalaam al-Mannaan (p. 890). 

    This is how Allah, may He be glorified and 
    exalted, describes the influence of the Shaytaan on human beings; he always 
    tries to direct them towards misguidance, temptation and evil. Allah, may He 
    be glorified, says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “Verily, those who are Al-Muttaqoon 
    (the pious), when an evil thought comes to them from Shaytan (Satan), they 
    remember (Allah), and (indeed) they then see (aright).

    But (as for) their brothers (the 
    devils) they (i.e. the devils) plunge them deeper into error, and they never 
    stop short”

    [al-A‘raaf 7:201-202]

    “He (the father) said: "O my son! 
    Relate not your vision to your brothers, lest they arrange a plot against 
    you. Verily! Shaytaan (Satan) is to man an open enemy!”

    [Yoosuf 12:5]

    “"And Istafziz (literally means: befool 
    them gradually) those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, 
    music, and any other call for Allah’s disobedience), make assaults on them 
    with your cavalry and your infantry, mutually share with them wealth and 
    children (by tempting them to earn money by illegal ways usury, etc., or by 
    committing illegal sexual intercourse, etc.), and make promises to them." 
    But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.

    "Verily! My slaves (i.e the true 
    believers of Islamic Monotheism), you have no authority over them. And 
    All-Sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian”

    [al-Isra’ 17:64-65]. 

    The Creator, may He be glorified and 
    exalted, also describes every contact between a human and the world of the 
    Shaytaan as a trial (fitnah) and misguidance, as He, may He be glorified, 
    says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “That He (Allah) may make what is 
    thrown in by Shaytaan (Satan) a trial for those in whose hearts is a disease 
    (of hypocrisy and disbelief) and whose hearts are hardened. And certainly, 
    the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) are in an opposition 
    far-off (from the truth against Allah’s Messenger and the believers)”

    [al-Hajj 22:53]. 

    There is a stern warning against following 
    the footsteps of the Shaytaan, and the Muslim is warned against the bad end 
    to which they lead. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says 
    (interpretation of the meaning):

    “O you who believe! Follow not the 
    footsteps of Shaytaan (Satan). And whosoever follows the footsteps of 
    Shaytaan (Satan), then, verily he commands Al-Fahsha (i.e. to commit 
    indecency (illegal sexual intercourse, etc.)), and Al-Munkar (disbelief and 
    polytheism (i.e. to do evil and wicked deeds; to speak or to do what is 
    forbidden in Islam, etc.)). And had it not been for the Grace of Allah and 
    His Mercy on you, not one of you would ever have been pure from sins. But 
    Allah purifies (guides to Islam) whom He wills, and Allah is All-Hearer, 
    All-Knower”

    [an-Noor 24:21]. 

    To sum up: Magic or witchcraft is nothing 
    but a trick of the Shaytaan, and Shaytaan is an avowed enemy to humanity. So 
    how can any trick of his be good or beneficial to people?! That cannot 
    happen. 

    Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, 
    says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “O mankind! Verily, the Promise of 
    Allah is true. So let not this present life deceive you, and let not the 
    chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allah.

    Surely, Shaytaan (Satan) is an enemy to 
    you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb (followers) 
    that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire”

    [Faatir 35:5-6]. 

    For more information, see fatwa no.
    115294 

    And Allah knows best.