Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah fromhis father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Whoever revives dead land,it belongs to him."Malik said, "That is what is done in ourcommunity." (PT)
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 27 (PT)
Arabic reference (PT): Book 36, Hadith 1431 (PT)