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tabarani:14133[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > al-Qaʿnabī > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Kathir ibn Abdullah, who narrated from Ali ibn al-Mubarak al-San'ani, who narrated from Isma'il ibn Abi Uways, that Kathir ibn Abdullah narrated from his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Whoever revives a dead land without the right of a Muslim, it is for him and not for any unjust bloodline, it is a rightful act."  

الطبراني:١٤١٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ

ثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ»