Abstrak
Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. The virus was first reported in 2019 in Wuhan, China, has destroyed the order of life in various sectors–economic, business, legal, political, security, social, and religious among others has suffered. This is because this virus is easy to spread and ferocious. To solve this problem, one of the efforts made by the Indonesian government is to carry out mass vaccinations that is given free of charge to the public. However, for various reasons, there are still many people who refuse to be vaccinated. Thus, the government then imposed criminal sanctions for those who refused. The imposition of these sanctions seems to raise pros and cons in the community, including legal experts, ulama, and human rights activists. This study aims to investigate how maqashid asy-syariah perspective views the advisability imposing criminal sanctions on refusal to Covid-19 vaccination and the level of criminal law given. This study is normative analysis research in form of library research. Content analysis method with descriptive and comparative techniques was used in conducting this study. The result of this study indicate that imposing criminal sanctions for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 is in accordance with the maqashid asy-syariah especially in terms of mental maintenance. Whereas, the level of criminal law given is categorized into ta’zir criminal which the severity of the punishment is determined by the authority.