Narrated to us Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali and Ibn Abi 'Umar, both from Ibn 'Uyaynah — Ishaq said: informed us Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah — from Abu Ya'fur, from Muslim ibn Subayh, from Masruq, from 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: When the ten [days of Dhul-Hijjah] entered, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would stay awake at night, wake his family, exert himself, and tighten his waist-wrapper.