Ownership of Dead Land through Revitalization and Its Duration
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person revitalizes dead land, does he own it afterward, or is a specific period of time required to pass?
Answer:
If he revitalizes it, he owns it. If he revitalizes it with the legally prescribed revitalization, he owns it. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1379Sahih (Darussalam) No specific duration was stipulated. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a person revitalizes dead land, does he own it afterward, or is a specific period of time required to pass?
Answer:
If he revitalizes it, he owns it. If he revitalizes it with the legally prescribed revitalization, he owns it. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever revives a barren land, then it is for him.
من أحيا أرضا ميتة فهي له
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|باب المساقاة والمزارعة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (58:16)
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