You said: If you hear thunder, you are safe from the lightning bolt. Is there in the verse: “Therein are darknesses, thunder, and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears because of the lightning bolts” — is that so?
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The questioner : Shaykh, you said if you hear thunder, you are safe from the lightning bolt. Is this verse: [Al-Baqarah 2:19]The Shaykh : No, that is their assumption, their assumption that they are safe, but they are not safe, because Allah said: [Al-Baqarah 2:19]The questioner : So this statement is not absolute?The Shaykh : No, it is not absolute.The questioner : If it repeats?
The Shaykh : Leave it. If it repeats, it is a new charge. That is why we said the previous charge before the thunder; if you hear the thunder, you will not be struck.
The questioner : Could you be struck by the lightning bolt with this same rain?
The Shaykh : Yes, but from a new charge. If the lightning repeats, it may come from a direction you did not hear first.
The questioner : There is a big difference between the sound and the flash of the lightning.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?
within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps
فيه ظلمات ورعد وبرق يجعلون أصابعهم في آذنهم من الصواعقBut Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers.
والله محيط بالكافرينThe Shaykh : Leave it. If it repeats, it is a new charge. That is why we said the previous charge before the thunder; if you hear the thunder, you will not be struck.
The questioner : Could you be struck by the lightning bolt with this same rain?
The Shaykh : Yes, but from a new charge. If the lightning repeats, it may come from a direction you did not hear first.
The questioner : There is a big difference between the sound and the flash of the lightning.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?