What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "If my nation walks with المطيطاء, and Persia and Rome serve them; some of them will be given authority over others"?
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Al-Mutaytā’ is a gait involving strutting and swinging of the arms. It is mentioned in two hadiths that if the Ummah (Muslim nation) engages in this, and the sons of Persia and Rome are subjugated to them, then their evil ones will be given authority over their good ones. In another narration: some of them will be given authority over others.
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