It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever cultivates barren land has more right to it." Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave this same ruling during his caliphate.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11771
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever revives barren land, it is his, and the one with an unjust root has no right."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11772
Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that "the land is the land of Allah and the servants are the servants of Allah, and whoever revives barren land has more right to it." This reached us from the same people through whom the prayers reached us.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11773
Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father (Urwah, may Allah have mercy on him), attributing it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: "Whoever revives barren land, it is his, and the one with an unjust root has no right."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11774
Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father (Urwah, may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever revives dead land has more right to it, and the one with an unjust root has no right." Hisham said: "The unjust root" means that someone takes possession of another person's property and then digs a well in it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11775
Yahya bin Urwah bin al-Zubayr narrates from his father (Urwah, may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever revives barren land that did not belong to anyone before him, it is his, and the one with an unjust root has no right." He said: The man (involved in) this hadith told me that he saw two men of Banu Bayadah bringing a dispute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) over a thicket that belonged to one of them, in which the other had planted date palms. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled in favour of the landowner for his land, and ordered the owner of the palms to remove his palms from it. He said: I saw him striking at the roots of the palms with axes, even though they were 'umm palms. Yahya bin Adam said: Concerning al-'umm, some said: it is one that is neither short nor tall; some said: al-'umm means old; and some said: tall. The Shaykh said: It has been narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar that he said: al-'umm means young.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11776
Kathir bin Abdullah narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever revives barren land without (taking) the right of a Muslim, it is his, and the one with an unjust root has no right."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11777
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever puts a wall around something, it is his, and the one with an unjust root has no right."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11778
Asmar bin Mudarris (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and pledged allegiance to him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is first to reach something that no Muslim has reached before him, it is his." So the people went out running and racing one another.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11779