As a Jew, I need an explanation on this

Question

"The Hour will not begin until you fight the Jews, until a Jew will hide behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or tree will say: ‘O Muslim, O slave of Allah, here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"

So the judgment day for you Muslims will come when you slay all of the Jews? This verse is very offending to me as A JEW... Someone explain this please.

Complaining about things you don't like in Islam is not on topic here. (I'm an atheist, which puts me at the bottom of the barrel in Islamic doctrine, but this isn't the place.) — G. Bach, Jul 26 '17 at 17:10
Ok but I asked for an explanation for this Hadith, not complain. A Literal explanation from a Muslim...? How is this complaining :/ — Fransks, Jul 26 '17 at 17:14
I read it as a complaint because you mention that you're Jewish and that your motivation is your being offended. — G. Bach, Jul 26 '17 at 17:14
But can't you explain the Hadith though..? I really just need an explanation from a Muslim, what's wrong with that dude? Is my question too hard to answer? Lol — Fransks, Jul 26 '17 at 17:17
Possible duplicate of Context for "there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him" — Medi1Saif, Jul 27 '17 at 06:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 26 '17 at 20:28

This is not really an answer or an explanation, but yours is more of a rethorical point than a question. It is rather pointing out that these kinds of explications are needed for many different texts, a person into religion may have already read some.

A quick google search for gruesome passages of the old testament gives, among (many) other things:

Samuel 15:2,3: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

Hosea 13:16: The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.

This would surely be very offensive to the Amalekites or to the people of Samaria, if some were alive today.

The "explanation" for this hadith is likely to be very similar than the ones you will find for jewish texts. It may include:

"You are not concerned": this verse only applies to the end of times/3000 years ago, or if a tree starts speaking, ...
"You are protected by verse XXX": There are some verses you could pick that require someone doing a crime before being killed
"This does not apply to all jews, by verse YYY": pick a verse about jews converting themselves.

If you ever read some apologetics for judeism, transpose them to this hadith instead of asking, you will save some time.

PS: I usually don't like "whataboutism", it is not the goal of this answer. It is rather pointing out that he may already be familiar with the kind of "explanation" required.

Thank you sir, I am really appreciating your points here. I fully understand now. — Fransks, Jul 26 '17 at 17:30
The "explanation" for this quran verse - it is not a quranic verse, it is a hadith. — Kilise, Jul 26 '17 at 19:01

As a Jew, I need an explanation on this

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