Convert 26 Shaʿban 1445 AH to Gregorian

The death of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir · 774 AH

The hafiz ʿImad al-Din Ismaʿil ibn Kathir — author of "Tafsir al-Qur'an al-ʿAzim" and "al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya," student of Ibn Taymiyya and al-Mizzi, and one of the pillars of tafsir and history in the Ummah's heritage — died in Damascus.

• Falls on Thursday, one of the days the Prophet ﷺ regularly kept a voluntary fast.
• Day 26 of 29 in Shaʿban 1445 AH — the final third of the month.

The Prophet ﷺ fasted abundantly in it; the 15th night is widely commemorated as Laylat al-Bara'ah