Why does a person die from lightning?

Question

Question: What are thunder and lightning? People or animals die from this lightning — what is the real cause of this?

Answer

A brief account of this is in Maybudhi, and a fuller one in the tafsir Fath al-‘Aziz. This question belongs neither to fiqh nor to beliefs (‘aqa’id).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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