It is narrated from Sa'd bin Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Tell me about the recitation of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in prayer). She said: When these verses were revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O you who are wrapped in garments, stand (in prayer) during the night, except for a little" [Al-Muzzammil: 1-2] , the Companions stood (in the night prayer, tahajjud) for a year, until their feet became swollen. Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed (as a relief) this command: "So recite what is easy of the Qur'an. He knows that there will be among you some who are ill" [Al-Muzzammil: 20] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it!

It is narrated from Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I performed Hajj and went to visit Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and I asked her about the night prayer (qiyam al-layl, tahajjud) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: Do you not recite "O you who are wrapped in garments" [Al-Muzzammil: 1] ? I said: Of course. She said: That was his (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "O you who are wrapped in garments" [Al-Muzzammil: 1] , that he said: (Its meaning is that) you (peace and blessings be upon him) have been entrusted with the responsibility of this matter (of prophethood and messengership), so stand up (to fulfil) it. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the opening verses of Surah al-Muzzammil were revealed, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to stand (in tahajjud) for as long as they would stand in the blessed month of Ramadan, until the last part of the surah was revealed. He said: Between the revelation of the first and the last part of this surah there was a period of about a year. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.