This research, titled “The Islamic Approach to Minimizing the Negative Effects of Cognitive Biases”, explores cognitive biases from an Islamic perspective, addressing their definitions, causes, and types. It examines how such biases impact perception, decision-making, and understanding of reality, and how Islamic teachings provide an integrated framework to address them through ethical, educational, and spiritual principles. The study employs a descriptive method to present the phenomenon, an analytical method to examine its implications, and an inductive approach to trace Islamic responses to cognitive distortions, drawing upon Quranic verses, Prophetic traditions, and scholarly insights. The findings indicate that Islam lays a foundation for balanced reasoning grounded in values such as verification, objectivity, justice, humility, and supplication. These principles serve to correct biased thinking and promote fairness in evaluating both self and others. The study recommends incorporating these Islamic tools into educational and research contexts to strengthen objective reasoning and reduce the influence of biases on knowledge and behavior.
Arwa bint Abdullah Suliman Al-Mazyad (Fri,) studied this question.