#983

It was narrated from Abu ‘Ali Al-Hamdani that he went out in a ship in which ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir Al-Juhani was present. The time for prayer came, and we told him to lead us in prayer and said to him:“You are the most deserving of that, you were the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” But he refused and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever leads the people and gets it right, the prayer will be for him and for them, but if he falls short, then that will be counted against him but not against them.”

حدثنا محرز بن سلمة العدني، حدثنا ابن ابي حازم، عن عبد الرحمن بن حرملة، عن ابي علي الهمداني، انه خرج في سفينة فيها عقبة بن عامر الجهني فحانت صلاة من الصلوات فامرناه ان يومنا وقلنا له انك احقنا بذلك انت صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فابى فقال اني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " من ام الناس فاصاب، فالصلاة له ولهم، ومن انتقص من ذلك شييا فعليه، ولا عليهم