Mishkat al-Masabih #2873
Business Transactions
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَحَاطَ حَائِطًا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَهُوَ لَهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ
Al-Hasan said that Samura reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone puts a wall round land*, it belongs to him.”
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
* Mirqat, iii, 369 says the reference is to barren land.
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This hadith is #2873 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Business Transactions.