Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَسْلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ فِي مَخْرَجٍ خَرَجْنَاهُ فَحَانَتْ صَلَاةٌ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ أَنْ يَؤُمَّنَا فَأَبَى عَلَيْنَا وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يَؤُمُّ عَبْدٌ قَوْمًا إِلَّا تَوَلَّى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ إِنْ أَحْسَنَ فَلَهُ وَإِنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Abd Allah ibn al-Harith told us, al-Aslami told me, Abu Ali al-Hamdani told me, from Uqbah ibn Amir, who said: We went out with Uqbah ibn Amir on a journey we undertook, and the time for prayer came, so we asked him to lead us, but he refused and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: No servant leads a people in prayer except that he takes on responsibility for whatever concerns their prayer — if he does well, it is to his credit, and if he does badly, it is against him.