Why can't you pray and fast when you have your period?

[somegroovychick]

Re: Why can’t you pray and fast when you have your period?

@ramesha

I always look at it this way that we get a 4 to 5 year head start from the males as to when we start our wajibaat. We start praying as welll as fasting years earlier than them so in the end no body gets an unfair advantage.

what is wajibaat, and how come girls start praying/fasting before boys? i thought both genders were meant to start praying at 7?