سنن أبي داود

Hadith 3073

Book 20: Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)

كِتَاب الْخَرَاجِ وَالْإِمَارَةِ وَالْفَيْءِ

Chapter 37

Chapter: Reviving Dead Land.

باب فِي إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ

English narration

Narrated by سعيد بن زيد القرشي

Narrated Saeed ibn Zayd: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to him, and the unjust vein has no right.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : "

مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3073In-book: Book 20, Hadith 3073

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