Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2944, 2945
عَن سعيد بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «من أحيى أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حق» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَرَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ مُرْسَلًا. وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ
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Sa‘id ibn Zayd reported that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Whoever revives dead land, it belongs to him; an unjustly planted root has no right.’ Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud transmitted it. Malik transmitted it from ‘Urwah as a mursal report. Al-Tirmidhi said: ‘This is a hasan gharib hadith.’ The listed gradings are sahih and not studied (al-Albani).