Reports on markets

Sayyiduna Abu Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "May my father and mother be ransomed for you! I have seen a place for a market; if you would look at it (that would be good)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Very well." Then he got up and went with him until he came to the place of the market. When he saw the place, he liked it; he put his foot there and said, "Your market place is excellent; it shall not be diminished, nor shall any tax (kharaj) be imposed on it."
(Al-Haythami says:) I say: Ibn Majah recorded it without this wording.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, al-Hasan bin Ali bin al-Hasan Abu al-Hasan al-Barrad, and I have not found anyone who gives his biography.

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Which part of the lands is the worst?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I do not know." Then, when Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him, he said, "Jibril, which part of the lands is the worst?" He replied, "I do not know; I will ask my Lord about it." The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) went away, and after as long as Allah willed, he came and said, "O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), you asked me which part of the lands is the worst, and I told you that I did not know. I asked my Lord which part of the lands is the worst, and He said: Their markets."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani (in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir) recorded it in this way.

Al-Bazzar recorded from Sayyiduna Jubayr (may Allah be pleased with him): A man asked, "Which part of the lands is most beloved to Allah Almighty, and which part of the lands is most hateful to Allah Almighty?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I do not know; I will ask Jibril about it." When Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him, he told him that the most beloved places to Allah Almighty are the mosques, and the most hateful places to Allah Almighty are the markets. The narrators of Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar are the narrators of the Sahih, except Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil; he is hasan al-hadith (fair in hadith), and there is some criticism of him.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him), "Which part of the earth is best?" He replied, "I do not know." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Ask your Lord about it." Sayyiduna Jibril wept and said, "O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), is it for us to ask Him? He is the One who tells us whatever He wills." Then he ascended towards the sky, then came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "The best part of the earth is the houses of Allah on earth (i.e. the mosques)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "And which part of the earth is the worst?" He went again towards the sky, then returned and said, "The worst part of the earth is the markets."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Ubayd bin Waqid, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not be the first person to enter the market, nor the last person to leave it, (for) in it (the market) Satan lays eggs and hatches young." In one narration the words are: "It is a battlefield." The narrator is unsure; perhaps the words are: "It is the resting place of Satan, and it is there that he plants his banner."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. In the first narration there is a narrator, al-Qasim bin Yazid; if he is al-Jarmi, then he is thiqah (trustworthy), and the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih. In the second narration there is a narrator, Yazid bin Sufyan, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever goes out (in the early morning) to the Fajr prayer is given a quarter of faith, and whoever goes out in the early morning to the market is given the banner of Satan; and this banner is with the first person to go out in the morning and the last person to come back in the evening." (Al-Haythami says:) I say: Ibn Majah recorded part of this narration.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Ubays bin Maymun, and he is da'if (weak) and matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The devils go out in the morning with their banners to the markets; they enter (the market) with the first person to enter and leave (the market) with the last person to leave."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Wahhab bin al-Dahhak, and he is matruk (abandoned).

Yazid bin Mu'awiyah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) went out to the market, and there a man was saying, "Some people have fallen to fighting in the market; I have never seen a misleading trial (fitnah) like today's!" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This is not the misleading trial; rather, this is the horn of Satan."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and Yazid bin Mu'awiyah is not fit to be narrated from.

Bilad bin Ismah narrates: Once I was walking along with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) when I saw a group of people, so I went off; when I came back, he said, "Beware of the crowd (or burden) of the market! For it is the crowd (or burden) of Satan."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and it contains unknown (majhul) narrators.