Is "For you to recover and be grateful is better than for you to be afflicted and be patient" a Prophetic hadith, and what is its درجه (authenticity/classification)?
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The narration reported from Abu Darda’ concerning the virtue of well-being and gratitude for it over affliction and patience with it, and that the Messenger loves well-being, is a fabricated due to the weakness of Ibrahim ibn al-Bara’ ibn al-Nadr. The correct view is that this saying originates from Mutarrif ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir, and its chain of narration is sound. Furthermore, a (good) hadith has been reported from Abu Hurayrah stating that "The grateful eater is like the patient fasting person."
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