Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 983

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحْرِزُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْعَدَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ فِيهَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ فَحَانَتْ صَلاَةٌ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ فَأَمَرْنَاهُ أَنْ يَؤُمَّنَا وَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ أَحَقُّنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَأَبَى فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ، فَالصَّلاَةُ لَهُ وَلَهُمْ، وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ، وَلاَ عَلَيْهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muharriz ibn Salamah al-Adani narrated to us: Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmalah, from Abu Ali al-Hamdani: He set out on a ship with Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani aboard. When the time came for one of the prayers, we asked Uqbah to lead us and said that he was the most entitled among us to do so, as a Companion of the Messenger of Allah. He refused and said that he had heard the Messenger of Allah say: Whoever leads the people in prayer and does it properly, the prayer is for him and for them; whoever falls short in any part of it, that is against him, not against them.