Is it true: "The food of the generous is a cure"?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The "The food of the miser is a disease, and the food of the generous is a cure" is Munkar (denounced), a fabrication and false attribution to Malik. It contains unknown and weak narrators, and is not authentic.
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