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How can the hadiths that mention that "Alhamdulillah" fills the Mizan, and "Subhanallah and Alhamdulillah" fill what is between the heaven and the earth, be reconciled with the hadiths that specify a numerical reward, such as 20 good deeds for each remembrance, or 1500 good deeds for certain remembrances? Are the 20 good deeds or the 1500 good deeds what fill the Mizan?

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Prophetic hadiths state that uttering "Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah)" fills the Mizan (scale of good deeds), while another hadith mentions that the total of Tasbeeh (subhanallah), Tahmeed (alhamdulillah), and Takbeer (Allahu akbar) recited after prayers and before sleep amounts to 1500 good deeds in the Mizan.

These two hadiths can be reconciled through two interpretations: 1. The first interpretation: That praise itself is weighed and fills the Mizan, due to its affirmation of all perfect attributes for Allah the Almighty. 2. The second interpretation: That the reward for praise fills the Mizan, and this includes multiplying a single good deed tenfold, or seven hundredfold, or many folds for those whose Islam is excellent and whose state is upright.

The hadith mentioning 1500 good deeds is interpreted as the minimum reward for the praiser, while the filling of the Mizan is for those whose Islam is excellent, with the understanding that the virtues mentioned in the hadiths are for people of religious excellence and purity from grave sins.

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