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).”