حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الْآمُلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَی أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَالْعِبَادَ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ جَائَنَا بِهَذَا عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الَّذِينَ جَائُوا بِالصَّلَوَاتِ عَنْهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3076
Narrated Urwah: 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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020