Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3109
جامع الترمذي#3109Da'ifNarrated Waki' bin Hudus:from his uncle Abu Razin who said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Where was our Lord before He created His creation?' He said: 'He was (above) the clouds - no air was under him, no air was above him, and He created His Throne upon the water.'" Ahmad [bin Mani'] said: "Yazid bin Harun said (regarding) the air - 'It means there was nothing with him
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirDaif
Al-AlbaniDaif
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 47:161