وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- عَنْ اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ: { مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضاً مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ } رَوَاهُ اَلثَّلَاثَةُ, وَحَسَّنَهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ.‏
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Narrated Sa'id bin Zaid (RA)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone makes a barren land productive, then it belongs to him."[Reported by ath-Thalatha. at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good)].