It is narrated from Qaboos bin Abi Zubyan that his father told him: We mentioned the Dajjal and asked Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), "When will he appear?" He replied, "It will not be hidden from a believer that his right eye will be obliterated, and between his two eyes will be written 'Kafir' (disbeliever)." He spelled out the letters of 'Kafir' before us. We asked, "When will this be?" He said, "When neighbors boast over neighbors, the strong will consume the weak, family ties will be severed, and they will differ among themselves like the difference of these fingers," and he interlaced his fingers and raised them. One of the people said, "O Commander of the Faithful! What do you command us at that time?" He replied, "May your father perish, you will not reach that time." The narrator said, "Then we were pleased."