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abudawud:3076 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Āmulī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah > Ashhad

I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided that the land is the land of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, he has more right to it. This tradition has been transmitted to us from the Prophet ﷺ by those who transmitted the traditions about prayer from him.  

أبو داود:٣٠٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الآمُلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الأَرْضَ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَالْعِبَادَ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ جَاءَنَا بِهَذَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالصَّلَوَاتِ عَنْهُ  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

مَكْحُولٌ، عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ

tabarani:15974 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Yaḥyá b. Ṣāliḥ al-Wuḥāẓī > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Makḥūl > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The earth is Allah's and the servants are Allah's, whoever revives the dead, it is for him."  

الطبراني:١٥٩٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْوُحَاظِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْأَرْضُ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادُ عِبَادُ اللهِ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا فَهِيَ لَهُ»  

bayhaqi:11773 – Abū ʿAlī > Abū Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah > Ashhad

I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided that the land is the land of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, he has more right to it. This tradition has been transmitted to us from the Prophet ﷺ by those who transmitted the traditions about prayer from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3076)   

البيهقي:١١٧٧٣ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أنبأ نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادَ عِبَادُ اللهِ وَمَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ جَاءَنَا بِهَذَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِينَ جَاءُونَا بِالصَّلَوَاتِ عَنْهُ