It is narrated from Abu al-Fayd that Maslamah bin Abd al-Malik addressed us in a sermon and said: Do not fast Ramadan while travelling, and whoever fasts it (while travelling) must make it up. Abu al-Fayd says: Then I met Abu Qirsafah Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this, and he said: Even if I kept on fasting (while travelling), fast after fast, I would not make them up (I do not consider it wrong not to make them up; that is, fasting while travelling is permissible and rewarded).

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that the kunyah of Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) is Abu Qirsafah, and he also had a house in Basrah. It is also said that his kunyah was Abu Shaddad.

It is narrated from Yunus bin Maysarah bin Halbas that I met Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Abu Shaddad, how are you?

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Khalid that Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 83 AH, when he was one hundred and five years old.

It is reported from Yahya bin Ma'in that Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 83 AH, and at that time he was one hundred and five years old.