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CHAPTER: REVIVING DEAD LAND
395—This means barren land for which no owner is known.
396—Whoever revives such land by enclosing it with a wall, digging a well, bringing water to it, or protecting it from anything that would prevent its cultivation acquires ownership of it and everything it contains, except surface minerals. This is based on the hadith of Ibn Umar: “Whoever revives land belonging to no one—he is
بَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
٣٩٥- وَهِيَ اَلْأَرْضُ اَلْبَائِرَةُ اَلَّتِي لا يعلم لها مالك.
٣٩٦- فَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا بِحَائِطٍ، أَوْ حَفْرِ بِئْرٍ، أَوْ إِجْرَاءِ مَاءٍ إِلَيْهَا، أَوْ مَنْعِ مَا لَا تُزْرَعُ مَعَهُ: مَلَكَهَا بِجَمِيعِ مَا فِيهَا، إِلَّا اَلْمَعَادِنَ اَلظَّاهِرَةَ؛ لِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: "مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ