Is it permissible to lean on the right hand alone?

The questioner : As for leaning, when you reminded me after we had prayed Maghrib, and you reminded me when I was leaning on my left hand, you told me that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So, if a person is leaning on the right hand, is it permissible to lean on the right hand alone?

The Shaykh : No, my brother, there are two matters here, one different from the other. Because the word "leaning," when used in a general sense, means to be leaning like this, as came in the hadith of Abu Bakrah al-Thaqafi that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and mentioned other things, and he was leaning, so he sat up and said: ; he kept repeating it until we said, "May he have been silent!" This kind of leaning is when a person is sitting in a state close to reclining and acting like this; there is nothing wrong with it. As for the second matter, which is leaning on the left hand, the hadith came: "And he was leaning on his left hand, resting on it." Do you understand "resting on it"? It means this type of leaning. He said: So this sitting involves this specific leaning, and it is prohibited. As for any other leaning, such as leaning regardless of drinking, eating, or the like, there is no prohibition in it. Is this clear to you?

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you.