The Largest Caravan in Recent History

This was the largest caravan in recent history. And some modern historians and economists have calculated that the net worth of the caravan would be around 50,000 dinars 50,000 gold coins. Back in those days they didn't have salaries and paychecks. You literally got money in bulk once a year, twice a year. This was their main money. Everybody who had any money would purchase goods and then invest in this caravan. Send it over to Syria, purchase other goods, send it back to Yemen. They are not farmers, they are not cultivationists, they are people who are trading rehla teshita iwa saif. So we can understand why the Prophet �