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Hajj is a realistic and down-to-earth practice of equality between people. However, those who can go to hajj, simply go and stand beside their different equal brethren in awe of and devotion to the One and Only Divine Entity.
People who go there might differ in race, color, caste, or social status. They might differ in gender, wealth, profession, or nationality. But in the eyes of God, they are equal. They all share the same rituals, visit the same lands, glorify the same Lord, and seek the same goal: pardon and forgiveness.
A Muslim king has to go for hajj once in his life time, if his health can tolerate the physical hardships of the rituals. He will have to practice the rituals himself and no one is to assist him. His assistants as well as the citizens of his kingdom would also have to go, once in a life time, if they can financially afford it.
They might all go on the same year, to the same place, where they would practice the same rituals all together. An Asian Muslim would meet an Arab Muslim and an American Muslim, all in equal submission and devotion, asking Allah to accept them.
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