Narrated 'Urwa from 'Aishah (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "He who develops land that does not belong to anyone, has the most right to it." 'Urwa said that 'Umar ruled according to that during his caliphate. [Reported by al-Bukhari]

Narrated Sa'id bin Zaid (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "If anyone makes a barren land productive, then it belongs to him." [Reported by ath-Thalatha. at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good)] . And he (at-Tirmidhi) said that it was reported in a Mursal (missing link after the Tabi'i) form, which is the case. However, there is disagreement regarding the Companion who heard it from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and it has been said that it was Jabir, 'Aishah or 'Abdullah bin 'Umar, and the strongest opinion is that it was the first one (i.e. Jabir).

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA) that as-Sa'b bin Jaththamah al-Laithi (RA) informed him that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said, "There is no preserve except what belongs to Allah and His Messenger." [Reported by al-Bukhari] .

Narrated [Ibn 'Abbas (RA)] : Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "There should neither be harming (of others without cause), nor reciprocating harm (between two parties)." [Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Majah] . Ibn Majah reported something similar to the aforesaid Hadith from Abu Sa'id's narration. It is found in al-Muwatta' in a Mursal form (missing link after the Tabi'i).

Narrated Samurah bin Jundub (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "If anyone puts a wall around a (barren) land, it belongs to him." [Reported by Abu Dawud and Ibn al-Jarud graded it Sahih (authentic)] .

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), "Whoever digs a well, shall have forty cubits (of land) as resting place for his animals near the water." [Reported by Ibn Majah through a weak chain of narrators] .

Narrated 'Alqama bin Wa'il from his father (RA): "The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) assigned him land in Hadramout." [Reported by Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi. Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic)] .

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) assigned az-Zubair the land his horse could cover at a run. He made his horse run, and when it stopped he threw his whip. He then said, "Give to him up to the spot his has reached. [Reported by Abu Dawud, but it has weakness] .

Narrated A man of the Companions (RA): I went on an expedition with the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and heard him say, "People are partners in three things: grazing, pasture, water and fire." [Reported by Ahmad and Abu Dawud, and its narrators are reliable (thiqah)] .