I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلاَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

“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.”  

أَنْ يَؤُمَّنَا وَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ أَحَقُّنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَبَى فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ فَالصَّلاَةُ لَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلاَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

[Machine] So we said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you, why don't you believe in us while you are from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ?" He said, "No, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever leads the people and prays on time and properly, then he and they will have a reward, and whoever falls short in that, then it is upon him and not upon them."  

فَقُلْنَا لَهُ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ أَلَا تَؤُمُّنَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ  

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَمَّ قَوْمًا فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ أَنْقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أُمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

[Machine] Abu Ali Al-Hamdani told me, while he was in Alexandria, that he went on a journey and Uqbah bin Amer was with them. We said to him, "Will you be our leader?" He said, "I am not one to do that, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever leads the people in prayer and does it at the proper time and completes it, then the reward is for him and for them. And whoever detracts anything from that, then it is upon him and not upon them.'"  

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ مَسْكَنُهُ سَنَةً الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ وَمَعَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ أُمَّنَا فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِفَاعِلٍ إنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)   

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ نَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ  

"مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ، وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ، وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيئًا فَعَلَيهِ ولا عَلَيهِمْ".