Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَلَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ وَمَا أَكَلَتْ الْعَافِيَةُ مِنْهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ.
English Translation
Yunus and Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr told us, they said: Hammad ibn Salamah told us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever revives dead land has a reward for it, and whatever wild animals eat of it is a charity for him" - and Ibn Abi Bukayr said: "Whoever revives dead land, it belongs to him."