Sunan Abi Dawud 3076
سنن أبي داود#3076Da'ifNarrated Urwah: I testify that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) decided that the land is the land of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, he has more right to it. This tradition has been transmitted to us from the Prophet (ﷺ) by those who transmitted the traditions about prayer from him
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniSahih Isnaad
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih Isnaad
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 20:149