Re: Getting your periods
How do you know?
Sara, there are many people who have studied this issue and say that menstruation does NOT excuse women from praying/fasting, and that the rule to do so is a way to keep women from coming forward and being active in masjid/community life.
I don’t know myself, but I do find it hard to believe that it would be a sin to pray/fast during that time. I need some textual evidence – particularly from the Quran.