One of the most infamous Hadiths in Islamic eschatology comes from Sahih Muslim 2922a:
“The Hour will not be established until you fight the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say, ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.'”
This isn’t fringe theology. This is canonical. Authenticated. Quoted in sermons. Printed in schoolbooks. Glorified in Hamas charters. This so-called “prophecy” isn’t just sitting quietly in a dusty book—it’s active, real-world poison.
A Tree on the Side of Genocide
Islamic tradition makes one exception in this genocidal game of hide-and-seek: the Gharqad tree. Allegedly, it will stay silent. It won’t snitch. Because, according to the same lore, it is “the tree of the Jews.”
Not exactly subtle.
When you combine botany with religious extermination fantasies, you’re not in theology anymore. You’re in ideological war.
Origins of the Narrative
This hadith didn’t emerge in a vacuum. It came from a context where Muhammad and his followers had violently clashed with several Jewish tribes in Medina. Battles, betrayals, and mass executions left scars. But instead of staying confined to 7th-century grievances, this narrative metastasized into divine timelessness—a mandate with no expiration date.
No historical evidence exists that any Jewish group propagated a similar eschatology. The hatred is not reciprocal. This is not a “both sides” tale. This is unilateral religious antisemitism, wrapped in prophecy.
The Dajjal and the Apocalyptic Antisemitism
Dajjal, the Islamic version of the Antichrist. He is said to lead the Jews in the final battle. He emerges from Khorasan, is blind in one eye, and travels the world deceiving people. According to Hadiths, 70,000 Jews from Isfahan will follow him, wearing Persian shawls.
So now, not only are Jews doomed to hide behind rocks and trees, they are also cast as the vanguard of evil in the apocalyptic script.
This isn’t just hate. It’s mythologized hate. Eschatological bigotry given the prestige of religious inevitability.
Real-World Impact
Mehdi Hasan, a Muslim journalist often painted as a moderate, once penned a rare moment of honesty in an article titled “The Muslim World Must Face Up to Its Antisemitism”:
“It pains me to have to admit it, but antisemitism isn’t just tolerated in some sections of the Muslim community; it’s routine and commonplace.”
No kidding. It’s not just tolerated—it’s embedded in the vernacular. It’s so casually baked into everyday speech that it doesn’t even register as radical. It’s just part of the cultural wallpaper.
Gad Saad, the Lebanese-Jewish evolutionary psychologist, recounts a childhood memory in The Parasitic Mind. When Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser died of a heart attack in 1970, the immediate neighborhood reaction wasn’t grief—it was blame:
“The Jews are responsible.”
No evidence. No logic. Just instant scapegoating. That’s how deep the programming runs.
Final Thoughts: Theology as Justification
When you canonize Jew-hatred into your end-of-days mythology, it’s no longer just prejudice. It becomes sacred duty.
This isn’t about theology. This is about the real-world consequences of giving divine license to kill. This is about how ancient texts fuel modern bullets. And how even the trees get dragged into the madness.
The Gharqad tree won’t speak, they say.
Maybe it’s just ashamed to be part of the script