21. The Proximity of Markets

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgment is that markets will be close to each other.” SubhanAllah, this has already happened.

In the old days, they would have one market for every town and small grocery stores for every neighborhood. Look at how it is today – every neighbourhood has a mall. In Yemen, there used to be a “market of Thursday” and a “market of Friday”, etc. Towns would have a market once a week. Nowadays, they are open all the time. There is huge construction everywhere.

In the recent past – just decades back – markets were very rare.  Now, they are everywhere.