Program Makan Bergizi Gratis Sebagai Instrumen Realisasi Maqāṣid Syarī‘ah dan Falāḥ dalam Ekonomi Islam

The Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) Program has emerged as one of Indonesia’s strategic public policies aimed at improving the quality of human resources, reducing nutritional inequality, and strengthening social welfare. This article examines the MBG Program from the perspective of Maqāṣid al-Syarī‘ah and the concept of falāḥ in Islamic economics. Employing normative legal research with a conceptual and maqāṣid approach, this study analyzes the extent to which the MBG program aligns with the objectives of Islamic law and contributes to the realization of public welfare. The findings indicate that the MBG program is closely related to the protection of life (ḥifẓ al-nafs), intellect (ḥifẓ al-‘aql), and progeny (ḥifẓ al-nasl). The program also reflects the distributive justice principles emphasized in Islamic economics through equitable access to nutritional resources. Furthermore, MBG contributes to the achievement of falāḥ by enhancing human development, productivity, and social solidarity. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the program depends on transparency, accountability, sustainability of funding, and integrated governance mechanisms. The study concludes that MBG can be regarded as a contemporary public policy instrument that operationalizes maqāṣid al-syarī‘ah and advances comprehensive welfare in Islamic economic thought. Distinctively, this study offers a novel conceptual framework that positions MBG simultaneously as an instrument of maqāṣid al-syarī’ah and a pathway to falāḥ, an integrative reading that remains largely absent from prior MBG scholarship