question #3 Sahih Muslim 897e, Book 9, Hadith 13 : What role do natural phenomena play in the context of prophetic traditions?

A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on Friday as he was (delivering the sermon on his) pulpit; and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this addition:” I saw the cloud clearing just as a sheet is folded.”