The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to him, and the unjust vein has no right. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3073)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it belongs to him and the rightful owner has no right to it." Two men from Bani Zahir came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arguing about a date palm tree that one of them had planted in the other's land. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in favor of the owner of the land, ordering the owner of the date palm tree to remove it. Urwah said, "The one who informed me of this incident told me that he saw the date palm tree and it was beaten with shoes (in frustration). It was a fully grown date palm tree until it produced 11540 dates." Abu Sa'id narrated to us, Abu Al-Abbas narrated to us, Al-Hasan narrated to us, Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, Abu Shihab narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, mentioning it in a similar meaning, except that he said, "Indeed, the person who informed me of this incident said that he saw two men from Bani Zahir arguing, and he mentioned it (number 11541). Abu Ali Al-Roudhbari informed us, Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Ahmad ibn Saeed Al-Darimi narrated to us, Wahb narrated to us from his father, from Ibn Ishaq with the same meaning, except that when he mentioned the person who informed him of this said, "A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and I presume it is Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri, for I saw the man hitting the base of the date palm tree."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ قَالَ فَاخْتَصَمَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَيَاضَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَرَسَ أَحَدُهُمَا نَخْلًا فِي أَرْضِ الْآخَرِ فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِصَاحِبِ الْأَرْضِ بِأَرْضِهِ وَأَمَرَ صَاحِبَ النَّخْلِ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ نَخْلَهُ مِنْهَا قَالَ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَلَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي قَالَ رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهُ لِيُضْرَبُ فِي أُصُولِهَا بِالْفُئُوسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَنَخْلٌ عُمٌّ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَتْ 11540 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا الْحَسَنُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ثنا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ بَيَاضَةَ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فَذَكَرَهُ 11541 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا وَهْبٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ عِنْدَ قَوْلِهِ مَكَانَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَكْبَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَضْرِبُ فِي أُصُولِ النَّخْلِ