Muwatta Malik #1516
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا .
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from
his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Whoever revives dead land,
it belongs to him."
Malik said, "That is what is done in our
community."
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This hadith is #1516 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.