Mention of the First Food Eaten by the Inhabitants of Paradise

Ahmad narrated from Isma'il ibn 'Alqamah, from Humayd. Al-Bukhari recorded it from his hadith, from Anas ibn Malik concerning 'Abdullah ibn Salam, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked when he arrived in Madinah about several matters, among which was:

"And what is the first thing that the people of Paradise will eat?" He replied: "The caudate lobe of a whale's liver."

And in Sahih Muslim, from the narration of Abu Asma', from Thawban, that a Jewish man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), saying: "What will be their hospitality gift when they enter Paradise?" He said: "The caudate lobe of a whale's liver."

He asked: "Then what will be their food following it?" He replied: "The ox of Paradise, which used to graze on its edges, will be slaughtered for them."

He asked: "Then what will be their drink with it?" He said: "From a spring called Salsabil." He said: "You have spoken the truth."

And in the Two Sahihs, from the hadith of 'Ata' ibn Yasar, from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"The earth will be like a single loaf of bread on the Day of Resurrection, which the Compeller will turn over with His Hand just as one of you turns over his loaf of bread while traveling, as hospitality for the people of Paradise." Then a man from among the Jews came and said: "May Allah bless you, O Abu al-Qasim! Will there not be hospitality for the people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection?" He said: "Yes." The man said: "Shall I not tell you about the hospitality for the people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection?" He said: "Yes." The man said: "The earth will be a single loaf of bread on the Day of Resurrection." Then he said: "Shall I not tell you about their condiment?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Their condiment will be Balam and Nun." They asked: "And what is that?" He said: "An ox and a giant fish, from the extra lobe of the liver of one of which seventy thousand people will eat."

Al-A'mash reported from 'Abdullah ibn Murrah, from Masruq, from Ibn Mas'ud, regarding the words of Allah the Exalted: {They will be given to drink of pure wine, sealed, whose seal is musk} [al-Mutaffifin: 25-26]:

He said: "Al-Rahiq is wine, and 'sealed' means that they will perceive its final aftertaste to be the fragrance of musk."

Sufyan said, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding the words of Allah the Exalted: {And its mixture is of Tasnim} [al-Mutaffifin: 27]:

He said: "It is the noblest drink of the people of Paradise; the foremost drawn near will drink it pure, and it will be mixed for the companions of the right hand."