Question

Islam openly encouraged trade and other profit-seeking efforts. This support for merchants went back to the earliest days of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad and his wife were both merchants, and he famously noted that “the honest, truthful Muslim merchant will stand with the martyrs on the Day of Judgment. I commend the merchants to you, for they are the couriers of the horizons and God’s trusted servants on earth.”

Based on the passage, what was the social impact of Muhammad’s famous saying about the "couriers of the horizons”?

Scholars gained respect.
Nobles gained power.
Peasants gained property.
Merchants gained status.

Answer 1

Merchants gained status.

The saying praised merchants as trusted servants and likened them to martyrs, elevating their social standing.