Sunan Ibn Majah 980

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Raja, who said: I heard Aws ibn Damaj say: I heard Abu Masud say that the Messenger of Allah said: “The people should be led by the one among them who is most proficient in reciting the Book of Allah. If they are equal in recitation, then the one who migrated earlier should lead them. If they are equal in migration, then the oldest among them should lead them. A man should not be led in prayer in his own household or in his sphere of authority, and no one should sit in the place of honor in his house without permission—or his permission.”