Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapter: The Chapters of Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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 (saw)." But he refused and said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) 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." Sahih