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bayhaqi:6475Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās > al-Rabīʿ > al-Shāfiʿī > al-Thiqah

[Machine] "That a Mujahid used to say, 'Thunder is an angel and lightning is the wings of the angel. They bring rain to the clouds.' Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 'What Mujahid said is similar to the apparent meanings of the Quran.'"  

البيهقي:٦٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ الثِّقَةُ

أَنَّ مُجَاهِدًا كَانَ يَقُولُ الرَّعْدُ مَلَكٌ وَالْبَرْقُ أَجْنِحَةُ الْمَلَكِ يَسُقْنَ السَّحَابَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ مَا أَشْبَهَ مَا قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ بِظَاهِرِ الْقُرْآنِ