وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍۢ
Wa lahum maqaami'u min hadeed
And for [striking] them are maces of iron.
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Paradise & Hell
22:21Ayah 178
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And there will be hooked rods of iron for them for their heads to be beaten with.
Related Hadiths
These clients (i.e., non-Arabs) are to be struck and cut off. I swear by Allah, if I strike a stick with a stick, I would annihilate them like the day that passed away. Al-hamra means clients or non-Arabs.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to beat (offenders) for drinking wine with sandals and date-palm stalks.”
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that a person happened to come to the mosque with arrows and their iron-ends were exposed, so he was commanded that he should grasp the pointed heads so that these might not do any harm to a Muslim.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her), through another chain ol transmitters, but no mention was made of (its being made) of iron.
Some people conquered many countries and their swords were decorated neither with gold nor silver,
but they were decorated with leather, lead and iron.
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