Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

You come on a pilgrimage in servile compliance with the
Command of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, and out of
showing obedience to Him, and you perform the Hajj rituals as the
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) has
taught us.
The worship of Allah dictates avoidance of assuming superiority
over one another. On going to the Masjid to offer prayers equality
dictates that whoever arrives first sits first, regardless of his rank,
wealth, poverty or his status in this world, as you may find the
doorman in the first row and the building owner in the last row.
Such equality in worshipping Allah, The Most Exalted, purges the
soul from superiority and causes it to humble itself. It makes us all
feel that we are standing in front of God, Who neither looks at our
shapes nor appearances, but at our hearts; the criterion between a
human and another whatever be our mentalities or living
standards.
In each Congregational Prayer performed in one of the Masjids of
Allah, equality, submission and humility shown to Allah is done in
a limited medium. But Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, willed
that such equality and submission be shown not only in a limited
medium but in a global one; in a universal environment gathering
all the races of the earth; the strong and weak nations, people of
power and wealth together with those owning nothing. Each
should humble himself as becomes the solemnity of the Hajj.
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, wants to inculcate in us the
rudiments of such a standing: that we all differ in our outfits,
appearances and garments according to the living standards of
each and our different tastes in choosing the fabrics we wear and
their designs. In Hajj, Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, wants
none to be distinguished, neither in appearance nor dress.
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