Why will fish liver be the first meal served in Jannah? In an authentic hadith preserved in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم revealed that the first meal of the people of Jannah will be the extra lobe of a fish's liver. In this video, we tell the full story behind this hadith: the scholar of Madinah, Abdullah ibn Salam رضي الله عنه, who came with three questions he said only a prophet could answer, what his own people said about him after he embraced Islam, and what two more authentic narrations reveal about the first gift, the bull of Jannah, the spring of Salsabil, and the day the earth becomes bread.

And at the end, we answer the question in the title honestly: why fish liver?

💬 Tell us in the comments: had you ever heard that the first meal of Jannah is fish liver?

⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 The First Gift of Jannah
01:05 Three Questions Only a Prophet Could Answer
03:03 "Jibril Has Just Told Me"
06:19 Three Answers, One Testimony
09:43 The Test Behind the Door
13:07 What the Words Actually Mean
16:23 Another Rabbi, a Fuller Picture
20:03 When the Earth Becomes Bread
23:27 So Why Fish Liver?

📖 REFERENCES

Qur'an (English translation, quran.com):
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:97 – https://quran.com/2/97
Surah Ibrahim 14:48 – https://quran.com/14/48
Surah Al-Insan 76:18 – https://quran.com/76/18
Surah Al-Qasas 28:68 – https://quran.com/28/68

Hadith (sunnah.com):
The three questions of Abdullah ibn Salam رضي الله عنه – Sahih al-Bukhari 3329, 3938, 4480 (Sahih)
 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3329
 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3938
 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4480
The narration of Thawban رضي الله عنه: the Bridge, the first to cross, the first gift, the bull of Jannah, and the spring of Salsabil – Sahih Muslim 315 (Sahih)
 https://sunnah.com/muslim:315a
The earth becoming bread, narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri رضي الله عنه – Sahih al-Bukhari 6520 and Sahih Muslim 2792 (Sahih)
 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6520
 https://sunnah.com/muslim:2792
 Note: the words "balam and nun" and "seventy thousand" in this narration are spoken by the Jewish man who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The statement of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud رضي الله عنه: "Whoever does not know should say: Allah knows best" – Sahih Muslim 2798
 https://sunnah.com/muslim:2798a

Scholarly explanation:
"What Will Be the First Food in Paradise?" – IslamQA, Question 169491. Covers al-Nawawi's explanation of the extra lobe of the liver, the absence of any text explaining the wisdom, and the reflection of al-Alusi.
 https://islamqa.info/en/answers/169491

Later report (not authenticated):
The story of Prophet Sulayman عليه السلام and the feast is not established in the Qur'an or authentic Sunnah. Islamweb states that it found no scholar who authenticated this story. It is mentioned in the video only as a reflection. (Fatwa in Arabic)
 https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/223726

And Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows best.

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