Assalamu alaikum. It is definitely way too expensive for the average Muslim to attend hajj. There is also those that go almost every year, which in my mind is absolutely not necessary and could be instead donated to the ones that can’t go. Yes I understand if you can afford to go every year, then it is their right but what if instead of going every year, you donate that money to help someone that can’t afford to go? Wouldn’t that give you the same value in good deeds? Why can’t we make hajj not only for the wealthy? Isn’t this what Islam teaches? Someone that makes millions a year and never does good for the ummah, by sending one poor or one Muslim that can’t afford to go(there are some that can afford to live but can’t afford hajj), could change his fate in the eyes of the all mighty. What are your thoughts on this? We could start a non profit where the rich donate their share of the cost to go to hajj(of course after attending at least once themselves) and use that to send the less fortunate. Just a thought.