Saad Al-Dhabih in the collective heritage of the Arab East

Arab Weather - After the end of the forty days of winter (Al-Murabba’aniyah), the second part of the winter season begins tonight, January 31, which is: (The Winter Quintet) and continues for 49 days, until March 20. The Winter Quintet was divided into four equal parts, each (Saad) consisting of 12.5 days, and they correspond to the four Saad signs: they are: Saad Al-Dhabih, Saad Ibla’, Saad Al-Su’ud, and Saad Al-Khabaya.
Saad Al-Dhabih: It starts from January 31 to February 11, and is one of the most famous stories in the collective heritage in the Levant.

Saad Al-Dhabih in popular proverbs

Several popular sayings about Saad Al-Dhabih:

1. Saad Al-Dhabih did not spare a barking dog, a metaphor for the intense cold, so do not embarrass the dogs from the “Mazjar” or the den.
2. If Saad Al-Dhabih rises, the barker protects his family, the one who blows his breath, the wanderer becomes feral, the blower appears on the ground, the barkers become isolated and the one who barks does not leave the one who is in the winter. The interpretation of that is: (The dog sticks to his family and does not leave them because of the severe cold and the abundance of milk, so he protects them and barks for them, and the one who blows his breath protects his family and brings them firewood, and the shepherd (the wanderer) rushes with his livestock because of the severe cold. The anafah are the flowers, the barkers are the dogs, and the one who barks is the horse.

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