It is narrated from the Prophet of Allah that the bazaar is the play ground of Satan:

" The worst part of the earth is the bazaar. This is the play ground of Satan where he hoists his standard in the mornings and places his chair, and spreads his chess-board. He cheats in the weighing and measuring of things. He sells away adulterated things."-Safinat al Bihar, Vol1, Page 8

This is the reason that the Infallible Imams have exhorted people not to linger for long in the bazaars. They say that bazaar is a place only for negotiations and making deals. It is not proper for people with learning to associate themselves with the bazaar.

Being the first to enter a bazaar and emerging from it the last of all is an undesirable act because in this period Satan will be the companion of the person. It has been narrated in the traditions that Hazrat Ameer al Momineen (a.s) found Abdur Rehman Ibn e Muljim, the accursed, gallivanting in the bazar on 18th Ramadan. The Imam (a.s.) inquired, " What are you doing here?" He said, " I am going round the bazaar!" The Imam (a.s.) said, " The bazaar is the place for Satan." Aimlessly loitering in the bazaar motivates a person to indulge in undesirable activities. Even today loafing in the bazaar is not considered a good activity. If you wish to be a man of piety you have to tread carefully in the bazaar, as does a person on a road full of thorns.