Is it true what prophet Muhammed said that thunder is the sound of the angel who drives the lightning?

Question

There is a prophetic statement told by prophet Muhammed who says that thunder is the voice of an angel who is driving clouds with his whip to where god wants.

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?hnum=3042&doc=2

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?hnum=2353&doc=6

Is that true?

This is from the Quran:

http://quran.al-islam.com/Tafseer/DispTafsser.asp?l=arb&taf=KATHEER&nType=1&nSora=13&nAya=13

(in its original Arabic)

Answer 1

sorry i dont believe in archaic myths and legends

Answer 2

all i know is from this verse from the Quran that the Thunder praise Allah.

[13] And Ar-Ra'd (thunder) glorifies and praises Him, and so do the angels because of His Awe, He sends the thunderbolts, and therewith He strikes whom He wills, yet they (disbelievers) dispute about Allâh. And He is Mighty in strength and Severe in punishment.
Quran 13:13

to answer ur question , it could be. but below the 1st hadith u provide it mention "good strange hadith" means it could not be too accurate.

Answer 3

Praise be to Allah.

If the messenger of (Allah; THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU) said so.

The answer of your question is: Yes it's true
and all scientific explanations of the thunder are just theoritical. Beside you can't say that the angel of the thunder is not present just because you can't see them when thunder is happening. Fine, prove to me how you know that there's electricity although you can't see them, BUT YOU CAN ONLY PROOVE its presence.

Answer 4

That's poetic, but totally debased and untrue. Thank God for meteorology.

Answer 5

boy those prophets really had a handle on the physical world, didnt they?

Answer 6

Many things written that are not of GOD.

Writings of man authored by man.