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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

وحدثني مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن سالم بن عبد الله، عن ابيه، ان عمر بن الخطاب، قال من احيا ارضا ميتة فهي له . قال مالك وعلى ذلك الامر عندنا