I obtained a version of his narration with a lofty chain of transmission.
Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Hibah-Allah ibn Taj al-Umanaʾ (1) informed us; ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muhammad told us; Abu ʿAmr ibn Hamdan informed us; Abu ʿAmr Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khaffaf reported to us; Nasr ibn ʿAli narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Dawud narrated, from Thawr, from Khalid ibn Maʿdan, from Rabiʿah al-Jurashi, from ʿAʾishah —may Allah be pleased with her:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was careful to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, and he would fast the month of Shaʿban and the month of Ramadan (2).”
This is an authentic hadith, and it has been said that Rabiʿah counted among the Companions.
In that same year there died: Ahmad ibn Anas ibn Malik al-Dimashqi (3); al-Husayn ibn ʿAbd Allah, the jurist, father of al-Khirqi (4); ʿAli ibn Saʿid ibn Bashir al-Razi (5); Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn ʿAbd al-Samad (6); the gnostic Mumshadh al-Dinawari (7); Husayn ibn Humayd al-ʿAkkī al-Misri; ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd al-Warith ibn Muslim al-Tujibi; and Muhammad