Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ لَمِيسَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لَهَا الْمَرْأَةُ تَصْنَعُ الدُّهْنَ تَحَبَّبُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَتْ أَمِيطِي عَنْكِ تِلْكَ الَّتِي لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهَا قَالَتْ وَقَالَتْ امْرَأَةٌ لِعَائِشَةَ يَا أُمَّهْ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِأُمِّكُنَّ وَلَكِنِّي أُخْتُكُنَّ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْلِطُ الْعِشْرِينَ بِصَلَاةٍ وَنَوْمٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْعَشْرُ شَمَّرَ وَشَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ وَشَمَّرَ.
English Translation
Lamis said: I asked Aisha - I said to her, "A woman prepares scented oil to endear herself to her husband." She said, "Set aside that which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, does not look upon." A woman said to Aisha, "O mother." Aisha said, "I am not your mother, but I am your sister." Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to spend the first twenty nights of Ramadan mixing prayer with sleep, but when the last ten nights came, he would gird himself up, tighten his waist-wrapper, and gird himself up for worship.