قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَهُوَ لَهُ، وَعَادِيُّ الأَرْضِ للَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ هِيَ لَكُمْ مِنِّي» .
مسند امام شافی · Hadith 1499
Shafie said in his book: Tell us Sufian, Ibn Tawoos: that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him, said: «Whoever revives Muata of the land it to him, and ordinary earth to God and His Messenger, then you are of me».
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020