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Hadith 230
Mishkat al-Masabih
Book 11: Business Transactions
Chapter 15
Bringing barren Lands into Cultivation ; and the use of Water - Section 1
باب إحياء الموات والشرب
Mishkat al-Masabih 2996
In-Book: Book 11, Hadith 230
عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَحَاطَ حَائِطًا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَهُوَ لَهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ
English
Al-Hasan said that Samura reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone puts a wall round land*, it belongs to him.” Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Mirqat, iii, 369 says the reference is to barren land.