بُلُوغُ الْمَرَامِ
Bulugh al-Maram 916
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وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ - رضى الله عنه - عَنْ اَلنَّبِيِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ: { مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضاً مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ } رَوَاهُ اَلثَّلَاثَةُ, وَحَسَّنَهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ.
Narrated Sa'id bin Zaid (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone makes a barren land productive, then it belongs to him." [Reported by ath-Thalatha. at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good)].
Sunnah.com reference: Book 7, Hadith 168