I do the same! Watch a lecture, listen to a podcast and contemplate!

Assalaamu alaykum Sb,

Just a few thoughts on how to improve your prayers when you have terrible headaches:
We have permission from Allah, subhana wa tala, to pray seated or lying down if we cannot perform the Salat as the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, taught us if we are in a state of illness, injury, or old age. Even when traveling on a plane or bus or car (or otherwise!) it is permissible to pray while seated if one cannot perform Salat in the regular position.

Allah has given us these concessions to make worshipping Him easier. alhamdullilah! Remember, the concessions do not necessarily make all things easier, as we still have to pause, take time to make wudu, and learn to concentrate on our prayers, but it makes the worship of Him, which is obligatory on us even if we are ill, easier to perform.

Another way to make the Salat more fulfilling if you have terrible headaches and lack concentration, is to read the necessary words for Salat from a book or from a pamphlet and to read the Qu’ran during Salat – even if you have all of these memorized. Sometimes we rush through memorized materials without any thought, but, inshallah, reading the words in front of us can help us reflect more and acts as a more obvious reminder to our hearts and minds of the blessings in those words. You can use this tip when your headaches are distracting you from concentrating during prayer.

And Allah knows best.

May Allah guide you closer to Him in your Salat, in this life, and in the Hereafter. Amen.

Your sister,
Mary

Assalamu alaikum sister,,
just seeking your permission for sharing your words in our page ISLAM4ALL in facebook..?

wassalam

To be ill is something we should embrace as a blessing and cleansing from our daily small sins, therefore it is very important not to complain. We should smile more often and say AlhamduliLah with conviction for every pain; being thankful.
Here comes the productivity and being beneficial in action. When we can sense that there is something we actually can manage, so do it. If you can, don´t just lay in bed, your body is actually capable of more than you realise. So clean up after yourself, make some light cooking and go for a walk, if it is possible. The illness is often in our mind, how we manage it in general.

Sisters always have the monthly ´illness period`;) here you should after every waqt of salah make dhikr and dua, the morning and evening dua. Although you don´t pray it doesn’t mean that your conection to Allah is cut.
Wasalam alaikum warahmatuLah wabarakaTuh:)

Thank you for sharing the story of the scholar:) MashaAllah it is so true, jazakum Allah alf khair.
May Allah reward all of you, who read this, with the highest rank of paradise, too. And may Allah give all our people, who are ill, the best health. Ameen

From my personal experience Dhikr or remembrance of Allah swt is one thing that can easily be done while feeling very sick and lying in the bed with no energy to do anything

We can still offer Salah by performing tayamum even while lying in the bed

While waiting in the hospital for tests or in the hospital bed we can listen to the recitation of the Quran or read it on our phones

Seeking forgiveness from Allah swt while getting a painful procedure done and reciting the kalima and other adhkar makes it easy again I say this From my personal experience

These practices help one in increasing reliance /tawakkul on Allah swt as only He can help us in that trying time

Also if there are times when you feel better during the period of illness then use it to do things for your family which are within ur capacity talk to ur kids ,call people up, organize something that needs it

Also make dua for patience . Again I feel that sickness is a good time to increase patience

Overall use sickness as a means of having a good time to increase dhikr n tawakkul n sabr n make lots n lots of dua

:)