The manner of leaning on the left hand in prayer, which is prohibited, and whether this is specific to prayer or general?
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The student: I did not understand the description of how one sits in prayer and places his left hand to lean on it.
The Shaykh : He is sitting like this, for example, sitting with legs spread out (muftrash) and leaning on the left hand, do you understand?
The questioner : Okay, I understood.
The Shaykh : Like that.
The questioner : Because the custom is that we are prohibited from doing so while we are sitting...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : We understood from this hadith that the one sitting should be in the state of mutrabbi' (sitting on his heels) and then lean on his left hand.
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : In other than prayer.
The Shaykh : In other than prayer, the author did not mention it, but there is a hadith in which he places it behind his back, on the left side, and places the palm of it toward the ground.
The Shaykh : He is sitting like this, for example, sitting with legs spread out (muftrash) and leaning on the left hand, do you understand?
The questioner : Okay, I understood.
The Shaykh : Like that.
The questioner : Because the custom is that we are prohibited from doing so while we are sitting...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : We understood from this hadith that the one sitting should be in the state of mutrabbi' (sitting on his heels) and then lean on his left hand.
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : In other than prayer.
The Shaykh : In other than prayer, the author did not mention it, but there is a hadith in which he places it behind his back, on the left side, and places the palm of it toward the ground.