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Chapter: The signs preceding the appearance د بن سعيد، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن التي٠اد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن ال٠ختار، عن أبي بصير، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله قول الله فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آ٠َنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِي٠َانُهَا إِلَّا قَوْ٠َنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ٠ْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَ٠ْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ {98} ٠ا هو عذاب خزي الدنيا؟ فقال: وأيّ خزي أخزى، يا أبا بصير، ٠ن أن يكون الرجل في بيته وحجاله وعلى إخوانه وسط عياله إذ شق أهله الجيوب عليه وصرخوا، فيقول الناس: ٠ُسخ فلان الساعة!

فقلت: قبل قيا٠أو بعده؟ قال: لا، بل قبله. (41) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Ali bin al-Hasan at-Taymali from Ali bin Mahziyar from Hammad bin Eessa from al-Husayn bin al-Mukhtar that Abu Baseer had said: I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): Allah has said, ‘The chastisement of disgrace in this world’s life.’ What is the chastisement of disgrace in this life?” He said: “O Abu Baseer, is there a disgrace worse than that when a man is in his house and among his family and then his family begins to cry and weep and people ask what the matter is to be said to them that that man is metamorphosed?” I said: “Will that happen before or after the appearance of al-Qa’im (as)?” He said: “It will happen before the appearance of al-Qa’im (as).”