Jesus did not eat pork. He followed the laws of Moses and he did not eat pork. In Leviticus 11:7-8,"7 And the swine, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you."11 Jesus' only dealing with pigs was his permission to the unclean spirits which were possessing a man to enter them. When they entered the herd of pigs, they ran into the water and drowned. However, most people who call themselves Christians today not only eat pork, they love it so much that they have made pigs the subject of nursery rhymes [ e.g. This little piggy went to market ... ] and children's stories [eg. The Three Little Pigs]. Porky Pig is a very popular cartoon character and recently a full-length feature movie was made about a pig called "Babe". Thus, it may be said that those who call themselves followers of Christ are not in fact following the way of Christ. In Islamic law, the prohibition of pork and its products has been strictly maintained from the time of Prophet Muhammad ( ) until today. Jesus and his early followers observed the proper method of slaughter by mentioning God's name and cutting the jugular veins of the animals while they were living to allow the heart to pump out the blood. However, Christians today do not attach much importance to proper slaughter methods, as prescribed by God.
"Jesus (peace be upon him) didn't eat pork because he followed the Torah's laws, which forbid it (Leviticus 11:7), proving he was a human prophet under God's command, not God Himself. The Qur'an says, ‘And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden' (Surah Aal-E-Imran, 3:50)—he upheld God's dietary laws, like any faithful Jew of his time. Allah is above such rules; He sets them, He doesn't follow them. Jesus' obedience shows his submission, not divinity.
Tawhid highlights this: Allah is One, independent, while prophets like Jesus conform to His will. The Bible never shows him eating pork or abolishing the law—he says, ‘I have not come to abolish the Law' (Matthew 5:17). The Trinity calls him God, but why would God restrict Himself to human dietary laws? His adherence aligns with Islam's view: a prophet, not the Creator, living by Allah's guidance. This consistency ties him to the monotheistic tradition Islam upholds."
Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:173
You are correct that Jesus did not eat pork. As a Jew, He lived in full obedience to the Law of Moses, which included dietary restrictions outlined in Leviticus 11. Christians fully affirm that Jesus respected and perfectly followed God's law. However, His obedience to the Law does not mean He was merely a human prophet; rather, it demonstrates that He was both fully God and fully man—God who became man to live a sinless life under His own law for the redemption of humanity.
The Bible teaches that Jesus' relationship to the Law was unique. In Matthew 5:17,He said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." To "fulfill" the Law means to complete its purpose—to bring to reality what the Law foreshadowed. The dietary laws, sacrifices, and ritual purity regulations all pointed forward to Christ. When He accomplished His redemptive work through His death and resurrection, the ceremonial and dietary aspects of the Law reached their intended goal.
This is why, after Jesus' resurrection, God revealed to Peter that the food laws were no longer binding under the New Covenant (Acts 10:9-16). The distinction between clean and unclean foods was symbolic of Israel's separation from the nations until the Messiah came. Once salvation was opened to all people through Christ, those distinctions no longer defined God's people.
Paul's teaching about the "circumcision of the heart" and freedom from dietary laws was not a rejection of Jesus' message but an application of it. He explained that these outward rituals were shadows of spiritual realities fulfilled in Christ (Colossians 2:16-17).
When Christians eat pork today, it is not because they reject God's commands, but because they believe—based on Jesus' own teaching—that the era of ritual food laws has been fulfilled. In Mark 7:18-19,Jesus declared that it is not what enters a person that defiles them, but what comes from the heart. The Gospel's focus is on inward transformation and holiness rather than ceremonial distinctions.
So, Jesus' abstaining from pork reflected His faithful obedience to God's covenant with Israel, while His fulfillment of the Law established a new covenant for all humanity. This demonstrates not that He was merely human, but that He perfectly bridged the human and divine—living as man under the Law while remaining the divine Lawgiver who came to redeem those under it.