Hajj peels away privilege, step by step. Someone might start out in an air-conditioned tent in Mina, but in the end, everyone is picking pebbles out of the dirt in Muzdalifah. A billionaire and a janitor sleep under the same stars and use the same bathrooms.
Imam Tom Facchine reminds us that in the eyes of Allah, only our piety distinguishes us, and the Hajj experience is a sobering reminder of that.