Cultivating the neglected land

وَرَأَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ فِي أَرْضِ الْخَرَابِ بِالْكُوفَةِ مَوَاتٌ. وَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهْيَ لَهُ. وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ: «فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّ مُسْلِمٍ، وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ فِيهِ حَقٌّ». وَيُرْوَى فِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.‘Ali رضي الله عنه had the same opinion concerning such land in Kufa. ‘Umar said, “Whoever cultivates uncultivated land (belonging to nobody) will possess it.” ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Auf narrated the same from the Prophet ﷺ adding, “… provided that the land does not belong to any Muslim; otherwise one has no right to plant anything in it oppressively.”