Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3108
جامع الترمذي#3108SahihNarrated Shu'bah:"'Adi bin Thabit and 'Ata bin As-Sa'ib informed me, from Sa'eed bin Jubair, from Ibn 'Abbas - and one of them mentioned that it was from the Prophet (ﷺ) - that he mentioned that Jibra'il began shoving clay in the mouth of Fir'awn out of fear that he would say La Ilaha Illallah and Allah would have mercy upon him - or fearing that Allah would have mercy upon him
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih Isnaad
Al-AlbaniSahih Isnaad
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan Sahih
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 47:160