Al-Musnad: Al-Wasm is not a star, but a seasonal season that marks the land with greenery and pasture.

Former Qassim University climate professor Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad explained that the Wasm season, which begins today, October 16, and continues until December 6, is one of the most important seasons of rain, goodness, and prosperity in the Arabian Peninsula, extending for 52 days.

Al-Masnad explained via his account on the "X" platform that Al-Wasm is not a star or a specific position in the sky, but rather a seasonal term that includes four consecutive lunar positions. He pointed out that the word "Wasm" in Arabic means a mark or the mark of a burn, and the season was given this name because its rain "marks" the earth with greenery and pasture, thus beautifying nature and bringing it back to life.

He added that this season marks the beginning of the rainy season in most parts of the Arabian Peninsula, a rain that, God willing, causes truffles to grow. He cited an ancient Arab saying: "Count seventy days from the first rain of the season, and the truffles will appear. And God knows best."