In reality, the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had a headache and its effects reached Sayyidah ꜤĀˈishah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا. This is why the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘O ꜤĀˈishah! Rather my head!’ In other words, O ꜤĀˈishah! You do not have a headache, rather you are feeling the effects of my headache.^[1]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Lady ꜤĀˈishah’s رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا love for the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was such that it was as if they were two bodies, but one life. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم felt pain and Sayyidah ꜤĀˈishah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا felt it too. This is called فَنَا فِی الرَّسُوْل.

Persistent headache

Dear Islamic brothers! The illness which led to the beloved Prophet’s apparent passing, started as a headache. The pain persisted and it was felt in the entire head or half of it.^[2]

Fevers and Headaches are virtuous illnesses

We deduce that a headache is a virtuous illness. The reviver of Islam, the Imām of Ahl al-Sunnah, Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “Headaches and fevers are the blessed illnesses which affected the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ    وَالـسَّـلَام.”^[3]

Performing 400 units of nafl out of gratefulness

It is reported:

When Sayyidunā Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه had a headache, he said out of happiness, “Allah Almighty blessed me with the illness the