´Narrated 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."
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Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an is a weak narrator.
However, by being supported by the hadith that follows below, this hadith is authentic.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3107