The Wisdom Behind the Prescription of Hajj

Question:
This is a summary of the conditions required for the pilgrim, or for the Muslim, to be qualified to perform this obligatory duty, in terms of his Islam, his intellect, and his ability. Islam, in this grand and broad sense, has become easy, praise be to Allah, for the servants. It is not permissible for any of them to make things difficult for himself and say, "I am now deprived; how can others perform Hajj while I sit here because I am poor, or because I am physically disabled, or due to other matters that are naturally driven by Satanic whispers?" He tries to make the religion seem difficult and terrifying to people. As we have seen, "Fear Allah as much as you are able." Therefore, I hope that the Honorable Shaykh Salih will graciously speak briefly about the wisdom in the prescription of Hajj?

Answer:
The wisdom behind the prescription of Hajj is the performance of this great pillar of the pillars of Islam so that his religion is completed thereby, as Allah the Exalted said in what He revealed to His Messenger while he was standing at 'Arafah: So the performance of Hajj is the completion of the Muslim's religion. Also, Hajj contains, as Allah the Exalted said: It contains benefits. The wisdom is that it contains great religious and worldly benefits. The religious benefits are that a person performs the rites for Allah the Mighty and Majestic and draws near to Him in these places and these great stations, and he exposes himself to His inspirations, His forgiveness, and His pleasure.
Second, he bears the hardships of travel and expense, and this is in the path of Allah. Hajj is a type of jihad, so the Muslim participates in jihad in the path of Allah when he performs Hajj with his wealth and his body. He leaves his pleasures, departs from his homeland, and leaves his children, going out in the path of Allah, traveling to obey Allah the Mighty and Majestic. This is among the great wisdoms. Among them is that Muslims get to know one another from the East and the West, they meet each other, they benefit from one another, and they learn from one another. Among the benefits and wisdoms is that the strength of Islam is displayed when Muslims gather in this place from all corners of the earth, with their different colors and languages. At that time, the strength of Islam is displayed, and the Muslim's religion is renewed in his heart when he sees the strength of the Muslims and sees his Muslim brothers. Then the bonds of Islam are strengthened, he holds fast to them, his certainty is strengthened, and his creed is completed in that. If every Muslim remained in his country and did not see one another, they would not get to know each other, and that love among them, the exchange of benefits and advice, and the receiving of knowledge from one another would not occur. Yes.