✅Answer: Pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَنْ سَافَرَ أَوْ تَزَوَّجَ وَ الْقَمَرُ فِي الْعَقْرَبِ لَمْ يَرَ الْحُسْنَى

📚 Al-Faqih, Vol.2, p.267

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol.8, p.275

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever travels or marries while the Moon is in Scorpio will not see goodness or prosperity.

2 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَ الْقَمَرُ فِي الْعَقْرَبِ لَمْ يَرَ الْحُسْنَى

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol.7, p.461

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever marries a woman while the Moon is in Scorpio will not see goodness or prosperity.

3 عَبْد الْعَظِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْن مُحَمَّد الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنْ آبَائِه فِي حَدِيث قَالَ: مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ وَ الْقَمَرُ فِي الْعَقْرَبِ لَمْ يَرَ الْحُسْنَى و قَال مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ فِي مُحَاقِ الشَّهْرِ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ لِسِقْطِ الْوَلَد

📚 Uyoon Akhbar al-Ridha, Vol.1, p.288

Imam Ali al-Naqi (peace be upon him) narrated from his ancestors that whoever marries while the Moon is in Scorpio will not see goodness, and anyone who marries during the lunar dark phase (Mahaq) must submit to the possibility of miscarriage.

✅Unfortunately, the method of calculating the Moon in Scorpio according to the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) has not reached us. There are two views among linguists and experts regarding its determination:

1 The entry of the Moon into the Scorpio zodiac sign

2 The Moon being opposite the Scorpio constellation

These two timings follow one another; although the second is more authentic and widely accepted, some exercise caution.

✅The Moon completes one orbit around the Earth each lunar month. This full orbit is divided into twelve equal parts (12 to 30 degrees), and each part is assigned to a zodiac sign: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn. Each of these twelve names corresponds to distant star constellations the Moon is opposite to.

The Moon stays in each of these twelve constellations for one-twelfth of the lunar month (about 2 days, 10 hours, and 48 minutes). For example, in each lunar month, the Moon remains in the sign and constellation of Scorpio for about two and a half days. When the Moon is opposite the Scorpio constellation, it is called 'Qamar in Scorpio.'

✅The lunar dark phase (Muhaq) refers to the last two or three nights of the lunar month (28th and 29th, or 28th, 29th, and 30th night depending on a 29 or 30-day month), during which the Moon is neither visible at night nor day because it rises with the Sun and cannot be seen.

✅Al-Muhaq in language refers to the last three nights during which the Moon is barely visible.

📚 Majma' al-Bahrain

✅If travel is necessary during prohibited days such as the Moon in Scorpio, follow this narration:

3 حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَان قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَ يُكْرَهُ السَّفَرُ فِي شَيْ ءٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ الْمَكْرُوهَة مِثْل الْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَ غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ افْتَتِحْ سَفَرَكَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَ اخْرُجْ إِذَا بَدَا لَكَ وَ اقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ احْتَجِمْ إِذَا بَدَا لَكَ

📚 Al-Faqih, Vol.2, p.269

Hammad said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Is traveling on disliked days such as Wednesday prohibited? He said: Begin your journey with charity, depart when you have the opportunity, recite Ayat al-Kursi, and whenever possible, perform cupping (Hijama).

4 عبد اللَّه بن سُلَيْمَان عن أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ:كَان أَبِي إِذَا خَرَج يَوْم الْأَرْبِعَاءِ مِنْ آخِرِ الشَّهْر و في يَوْمٍ يَكْرَهُهُ النَّاسُ مِنْ مُحَاقٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ

📚 Al-Mahasin, p.348

Abdullah ibn Sulayman narrated from one of the two Imams, Baqir or Sadiq (peace be upon them): When my father traveled on the last Wednesday of the month, on days people considered travel undesirable due to Muhaq or other reasons, he first gave charity and then departed.

✅👈See Question 122 in the channel

✅Given the increasing afflictions and difficulties for the believers and the ambiguity surrounding many questions, including the exact time of Qamar in Scorpio, it is strongly advised:

اللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَج

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیمِ

اَللّهُمَّ عَجِّل لِوَلیِّکَ الفَرَجَ وَ العافیَةَ وَ النَّصرَ

Question 402: What sins cause afflictions to descend?

✅Answer: Numerous narrations exist on this topic. Consider the following examples:

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.73, p.375

1 عَنِ الْقَطَّانِ عَنِ ابْنِ زَکَرِیَّا عَنِ ابْنِ حَبِیبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُهْلُولٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ أَبِی خَالِدٍ الْکَابُلِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِیَّ بْنَ الْحُسَیْنِ علیه السلام یَقُولُ:... وَ الذُّنُوبُ الَّتِی تُنْزِلُ الْبَلَاءَ تَرْکُ إِغَاثَةِ الْمَلْهُوفِ وَ تَرْکُ مُعَاوَنَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَ تَضْیِیعُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْیِ عَنِ الْمُنْکَرِ

Abu Khalid said: I heard Ali ibn Husayn (peace be upon them) say: ...

The sins that bring affliction are: neglecting to assist the oppressed and distressed, failing to help the wronged, neglecting enjoining good and forbidding evil.

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.1, p.178

2 قَالَ الْإِمَامُ علیه السلام دَخَلَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیُّ عَلَی أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام فَقَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام یَا جَابِرُ قِوَامُ هَذِهِ الدُّنْیَا بِأَرْبَعَةٍ عَالِمٌ یَسْتَعْمِلُ عِلْمَهُ وَ جَاهِلٌ لَا یَسْتَنْکِفُ أَنْ یَتَعَلَّمَ وَ غَنِیٌّ جَوَادٌ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ وَ فَقِیرٌ لَا یَبِیعُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْیَا غَیْرِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام فَإِذَا کَتَمَ الْعَالِمُ الْعِلْمَ أَهْلَهُ وَ زَهَا الْجَاهِلُ فِی تَعَلُّمِ مَا لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ وَ بَخِلَ الْغَنِیُّ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ وَ بَاعَ الْفَقِیرُ دِینَهُ بِدُنْیَا غَیْرِهِ حَلَّ الْبَلَاءُ وَ عَظُمَ الْعِقَابُ.

Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari visited Imam Ali (peace be upon him). He said: O Jabir, the stability of this world depends on four things: a scholar who applies his knowledge, a naive person who does not refuse to learn, a wealthy person who is generous, and a poor person who does not sell his Hereafter for worldly gain.

Then Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said:

When the scholar hides his knowledge, the naive refuses to learn, the rich is stingy, and the poor trades his religion for worldly gain, affliction will descend upon them and severe punishment will follow!

✅By avoiding the above sins, we can prevent the descent of affliction, God willing.

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.6, p.304

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیمِ

اَللّهُمَّ عَجِّل لِوَلیِّکَ الفَرَجَ وَ العافیَةَ وَ النَّصرَ

3 الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ الْعَسْکَرِیُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَبِی الرَّبِیعِ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ فَرَجِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ یَحْیَی بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِیَّةِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ علیهما السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله إِذَا عَمِلَتْ أُمَّتِی خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ خَصْلَةً حَلَّ بِهَا الْبَلَاءُ قِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا هِیَ قَالَ إِذَا کَانَتِ الْمَغَانِمُ دُوَلًا وَ الْأَمَانَةُ مَغْنَماً وَ الزَّکَاةُ مَغْرَماً وَ أَطَاعَ الرَّجُلُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَ عَقَّ أُمَّهُ وَ بَرَّ صَدِیقَهُ وَ جَفَا أَبَاهُ وَ کَانَ زَعِیمُ الْقَوْمِ أَرْذَلَهُمْ وَ ( أُکْرِمَ الرجل مَخَافَةَ شَرِّهِ) وَ ارْتَفَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ فِی الْمَسَاجِدِ وَ لَبِسُوا الْحَرِیرَ وَ اتَّخَذُوا الْقَیْنَاتِ وَ ضَرَبُوا بِالْمَعَازِفِ وَ لَعَنَ آخِرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوَّلَهَا فَلْیُرْتَقَبْ عِنْدَ ذَلِکَ ثَلَاثَةٌ الرِّیحُ الْحَمْرَاءُ أَوِ الْخَسْفُ أَوِ الْمَسْخُ

Muhammad ibn Hanfiya narrated from his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) that he said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

When my nation commits fifteen specific traits, affliction will descend upon them.

It was asked: O Messenger of Allah, what are they?

He said: When spoils are exchanged and considered loot, trusts are betrayed, Zakat is considered a loss, a man obeys his wife and harms his mother, a friend is wronged, the lowest person in authority is appointed, voices are raised in mosques, luxurious clothing is worn, women sing and play instruments, and the people curse their ancestors, then they must be cautious and expect three things:

Red wind, earth sinking, or transformation.

📚 Sahifa al-Ridha (peace be upon him), p.4

4 عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ علیهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله: لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِی بِخَیْرٍ مَا تَحَابُّوا وَ أَدَّوُا الْأَمَانَةَ وَ اجْتَنَبُوا الْحَرَامَ وَ قَرَوُا الضَّیْفَ وَ أَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَوُا الزَّکَاةَ فَإِذَا لَمْ یَفْعَلُوا ذَلِکَ ابْتُلُوا بِالْقَحْطِ وَ السِّنِینَ

Imam Ridha (peace be upon him) narrated from his ancestors from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that he said:

My nation will remain in goodness as long as they love one another, fulfill trusts, avoid forbidden things, honor guests, establish prayers, and pay Zakat; when they fail to do so, they will face famine and drought!

✅To avert expanding afflictions, it is necessary to abandon sins and repent. We should repent ourselves and call others to repentance to receive mercy, God willing.

✅Our master Imam al-Zaman (peace be upon him) in one of his last statements requested:

📚 Ikmal al-Din, Vol.2, p.162

وَ أَکْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ بِتَعْجِیلِ الْفَرَجِ

Pray abundantly for the hastening of his reappearance.

Can we neglect the request of our distant master???

Consequences of sins