Jami at-Tirmidhi 3436
Jami at-Tirmidhi · Book 48: Chapters on Supplication · What Has Been Related About What One Says In Times of Distress
Abu Hurairah narrated that:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَهَمَّهُ الأَمْرُ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ " سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ " . وَإِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ قَالَ " يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
When a matter would worry the Prophet (ﷺ), he would raise his head up toward the sky and say: “Glory is to Allah, the Magnificent (Subḥān Allāhil-`Aẓīm).” And when he would strive in supplication; he would say: “O the Living, O Sustainer (Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm).”
Grade: Da'if (Darussalam)