Mohammad bin Ibrahim Al-No’maani nwn as Abi Zainab, narrated from Mohammad bin Homaam, from Abdillah bin Jaafar Al-Hemyari, from Ahmad bin Hilal, from Hasan bin Mahoub, from Ali bin Re’aab, from Mohamad bin Muslim, who said:

Imam Sadiq said, “Allah will test the believers with different trial before the rising of the Qa`em.”
“What are the trials?” I asked.
Imam replied:
“We shall surely try you with something of fear, and hunger, and loss of wealth, and lives, and fruits; and give glad tidings to the patient ones” (2:155) “We shall surely try you” refers to the believers; “with something of fear” refers to fear of the oppressive rulers – who will be the children of someone – in the last days of their reign; “and hunder” refers to the inflation of prices; “and loss of wealth” refers to the lack of profits business will earn; “and lives” refers to sudden death; “and fruits” refers to earning little from farming and reduction in the blessings of the harvest. “And give glad tidings to the patient ones” means (that when you see these signs), “give glad tidings” about the rising of the Qa`em.

Then Imam said, “O Mohammad! This is the TA’WEEL (hidden interpretation) of these verse and as Allah says, `None knows its hidden interpretation except Allah and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge’ (3:7)

Mohammad bin Ibrahim Al-No’maani narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqdah, from Ahmad bin Yusuf bin Ya’qoub and Husain Al-Jo’fi from Isma’eel bin Mahran, from Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Hamza, from his father, from Ab Baseer, who said:

Imam Sadiq said:
The year before the Qa`em rises, the following will surely occur: people will experience hunger; people will face extreme fear of being killed; and people will suffer loss of wealth, life and livelihood.

Allah clearly explains this in His boo, “We whall surely try you with something of fear, and hunger, and loss of wealth, and lives, and fruits; and give glad tidings to the patient ones” (2:155)

Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin Jarir Al-Tabari narrated from Abil Husain Mohammad bin Harun, from his father, from Abi Ali Mohammad bin Homaam, from Abdillah bin Jaafar Al-Hemyari, from Ahmad bin Hilal, from Hasan bin Mahboub, from Ali bin Re’aab, from Abi Ayyub Al- Khazzaz, from Mohammad bin Muslim, who said:

Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said:

There are some signs for the rising of our Qa`em. The year before the Qa`em rises, the following will surely occur: people will experience hunger, people will face extreme fear of being killed; and people will suffer loss of wealth, life and livelihood.
Allah clearly explains this in His Book, “We shall surely try you with something of fear, and hunger, and loss of wealth, and lives, and fruits; and give glad tidings to the patients ones” (2:155)

Ayyashi narrated thrugh his Isnaad from Abi Hamza Al-Thomaali who said:

I asked Imam Baqir about the verse. “We shall surely try you with something of fear, and hunger” (2:155)

Imam replied:
There will be a general hunger an there will be a specific hunger. The general hunger will take place in Shaam, but the specific hunger will be in Kufa. The hunger in Kufa will be only for the enemies of the family of Mohammad, and Allah will destroy them with starvation. As for fear, it will be general. It will be in Shaam where people will be afraid of the rising of our Qa`em.