Asam said: I heard from Rabee’, he said: Imam Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, passed away on the last day of Rajab in the year 204 Hijri, and when he was asked about his age, he said: “Fifty years and a little more.”
Hadith Referenceمسند الإمام الشافعي / كتاب فضائل قريش وغيرهم وأبواب متفرقة / 1819