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."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 36, Hadith 27 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 36, Hadith 1431 |