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البزّار:٢٨٨٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى شُرُوطِهِمْ

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malik:36-37 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Rasūl Allāh Ṣlá

Yahya related from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone revives dead land, it belongs to him, and the unjust root has no right." Malik explained, "The unjust root is whatever is taken, or planted without right."

مالك:٣٦-٣٧ – حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى

الله عليه وسلم قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ

bayhaqi:11777 – Abū Naṣr ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ayyūb al-Ṣabghī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Ziyād > Ibn Abū Ūways > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever revives a dead land without right over a Muslim, it belongs to him and not to an unjust oppressor."

البيهقي:١١٧٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الصَّبْغِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ

bayhaqi:11813 – Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Ḥurfī > Aḥmad b. Salmān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad al-Raqāshī > Abū ʿĀmir > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿAwf from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it is more rightful for him, and there is no right for an oppressor."

البيهقي:١١٨١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْحُرْفِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ ثنا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ