The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it belongs to him."
حدثنا محمد بن بشار حدثنا عبد الوهاب حدثنا أيوب عن هشام بن عروة عن وهب بن كيسان
عن النبي ﷺ قال من أحيى أرضا ميتة فهي له
[Hasan] Abu Dawud also narrated it in Kharaj, chapter on granting land as a fief, no. 3064, from Qutayba with the same chain, and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, no. 1140, 1642. There is also a report on this subject from Waail [to come at 1381] and Asma bint Abu Bakr [Abu Dawud, no. 3069].