diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/generated/rule_runner_impls.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/generated/rule_runner_impls.rs
index 3fedb7b91b0cb..f29b5688fe5d3 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/generated/rule_runner_impls.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/generated/rule_runner_impls.rs
@@ -2334,6 +2334,11 @@ impl RuleRunner for crate::rules::unicorn::no_anonymous_default_export::NoAnonym
     const NODE_TYPES: Option<&AstTypesBitset> = None;
 }
 
+impl RuleRunner for crate::rules::unicorn::no_array_callback_reference::NoArrayCallbackReference {
+    const NODE_TYPES: Option<&AstTypesBitset> =
+        Some(&AstTypesBitset::from_types(&[AstType::CallExpression]));
+}
+
 impl RuleRunner for crate::rules::unicorn::no_array_for_each::NoArrayForEach {
     const NODE_TYPES: Option<&AstTypesBitset> =
         Some(&AstTypesBitset::from_types(&[AstType::CallExpression]));
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules.rs
index 395434860752e..49eb521c9baf3 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules.rs
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unicorn {
     pub mod no_abusive_eslint_disable;
     pub mod no_accessor_recursion;
     pub mod no_anonymous_default_export;
+    pub mod no_array_callback_reference;
     pub mod no_array_for_each;
     pub mod no_array_method_this_argument;
     pub mod no_array_reduce;
@@ -1125,6 +1126,7 @@ oxc_macros::declare_all_lint_rules! {
     unicorn::explicit_length_check,
     unicorn::filename_case,
     unicorn::new_for_builtins,
+    unicorn::no_array_callback_reference,
     unicorn::no_array_sort,
     unicorn::no_array_reverse,
     unicorn::no_instanceof_builtins,
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/no_array_callback_reference.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/no_array_callback_reference.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59997b84726c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/no_array_callback_reference.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+use oxc_ast::{
+    AstKind,
+    ast::{Expression, match_member_expression},
+};
+use oxc_diagnostics::OxcDiagnostic;
+use oxc_macros::declare_oxc_lint;
+use oxc_span::{GetSpan, Span};
+
+use crate::{AstNode, ast_util::is_method_call, context::LintContext, rule::Rule};
+
+fn no_array_callback_reference_diagnostic(span: Span) -> OxcDiagnostic {
+    OxcDiagnostic::warn("Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods")
+        .with_help(
+            "Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument",
+        )
+        .with_label(span)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct NoArrayCallbackReference;
+
+declare_oxc_lint!(
+    /// ### What it does
+    ///
+    /// Prevents passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+    ///
+    /// ### Why is this bad?
+    ///
+    /// Passing functions to iterator methods can cause issues when the function is changed
+    /// without realizing that the iterator passes 2 more parameters to it (index and array).
+    /// This can lead to unexpected behavior when the function signature changes.
+    ///
+    /// ### Examples
+    ///
+    /// Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:
+    /// ```js
+    /// const foo = array.map(callback);
+    /// array.forEach(callback);
+    /// const result = array.filter(lib.method);
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Examples of **correct** code for this rule:
+    /// ```js
+    /// const foo = array.map(element => callback(element));
+    /// array.forEach(element => { callback(element); });
+    /// const result = array.filter(element => lib.method(element));
+    ///
+    /// // Built-in functions are allowed
+    /// const foo = array.map(String);
+    /// const bar = array.filter(Boolean);
+    /// ```
+    NoArrayCallbackReference,
+    unicorn,
+    pedantic,
+    pending
+);
+
+impl Rule for NoArrayCallbackReference {
+    fn run<'a>(&self, node: &AstNode<'a>, ctx: &LintContext<'a>) {
+        let AstKind::CallExpression(call_expr) = node.kind() else { return };
+
+        let is_relevant_method = is_method_call(
+            call_expr,
+            None,
+            Some(&[
+                "every",
+                "filter",
+                "find",
+                "findLast",
+                "findIndex",
+                "findLastIndex",
+                "flatMap",
+                "forEach",
+                "map",
+                "some",
+            ]),
+            Some(1),
+            Some(2),
+        ) || is_method_call(
+            call_expr,
+            None,
+            Some(&["reduce", "reduceRight"]),
+            Some(1),
+            Some(2),
+        );
+
+        if !is_relevant_method {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(member_expr) = call_expr.callee.get_member_expr() {
+            if member_expr.is_computed() {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let object = member_expr.object();
+            if is_ignored_object(object) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Skip if object is a member expression (e.g., types.map, oidc.Client.find)
+            // These are likely not array methods but methods on namespaces/classes
+            if object.as_member_expression().is_some() {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let Some(first_arg) = call_expr.arguments.first() else { return };
+
+        let Some(callback_expr) = first_arg.as_expression() else { return };
+
+        if !should_wrap_callback(callback_expr) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ctx.diagnostic(no_array_callback_reference_diagnostic(callback_expr.span()));
+    }
+}
+
+fn should_wrap_callback(expr: &Expression) -> bool {
+    match expr {
+        Expression::Identifier(ident) if is_allowed_builtin(&ident.name) => false,
+        Expression::ConditionalExpression(cond_expr) => {
+            should_wrap_callback(&cond_expr.consequent)
+                || should_wrap_callback(&cond_expr.alternate)
+        }
+        Expression::CallExpression(call_expr) => {
+            if let Some(member_expr) = call_expr.callee.get_member_expr()
+                && let Some(prop_name) = member_expr.static_property_name()
+                && prop_name == "bind"
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            true
+        }
+        Expression::SequenceExpression(seq_expr) => {
+            seq_expr.expressions.last().is_none_or(|e| should_wrap_callback(e))
+        }
+        Expression::ComputedMemberExpression(_)
+        | Expression::StaticMemberExpression(_)
+        | Expression::PrivateFieldExpression(_)
+        | Expression::Identifier(_)
+        | Expression::YieldExpression(_)
+        | Expression::AssignmentExpression(_)
+        | Expression::LogicalExpression(_)
+        | Expression::BinaryExpression(_)
+        | Expression::UnaryExpression(_)
+        | Expression::UpdateExpression(_)
+        | Expression::NewExpression(_) => true,
+
+        // These can't be callbacks, don't need to wrap
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_allowed_builtin(name: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        name,
+        "String"
+            | "Number"
+            | "Boolean"
+            | "Symbol"
+            | "BigInt"
+            | "RegExp"
+            | "Date"
+            | "Array"
+            | "Object"
+            | "Map"
+            | "Set"
+            | "WeakMap"
+            | "WeakSet"
+            | "Promise"
+            | "Error"
+            | "AggregateError"
+            | "EvalError"
+            | "RangeError"
+            | "ReferenceError"
+            | "SyntaxError"
+            | "TypeError"
+            | "URIError"
+            | "Int8Array"
+            | "Uint8Array"
+            | "Uint8ClampedArray"
+            | "Int16Array"
+            | "Uint16Array"
+            | "Int32Array"
+            | "Uint32Array"
+            | "Float32Array"
+            | "Float64Array"
+            | "BigInt64Array"
+            | "BigUint64Array"
+            | "DataView"
+            | "ArrayBuffer"
+            | "SharedArrayBuffer"
+    )
+}
+
+fn is_ignored_object(expr: &Expression) -> bool {
+    match expr {
+        Expression::Identifier(ident) => {
+            matches!(
+                ident.name.as_str(),
+                "Promise"
+                    | "lodash"
+                    | "underscore"
+                    | "_"
+                    | "React"
+                    | "Vue"
+                    | "Async"
+                    | "async"
+                    | "$"
+                    | "jQuery"
+                    | "Children"
+                    | "types" // MobX State Tree and similar type libraries
+            )
+        }
+        // Check for call expressions like $(this) or jQuery(...)
+        Expression::CallExpression(call_expr) => {
+            if let Expression::Identifier(ident) = call_expr.callee.without_parentheses() {
+                matches!(ident.name.as_str(), "$" | "jQuery")
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        }
+        match_member_expression!(Expression) => {
+            let member_expr = expr.to_member_expression();
+            if let Expression::Identifier(obj_ident) = member_expr.object()
+                && obj_ident.name == "React"
+                && let Some(prop_name) = member_expr.static_property_name()
+                && prop_name == "Children"
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            false
+        }
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test() {
+    use crate::tester::Tester;
+
+    let pass = vec![
+        "foo.find(Boolean)",
+        "foo.map(String)",
+        "foo.map(Number)",
+        "foo.map(BigInt)",
+        "foo.map(Boolean)",
+        "foo.map(Symbol)",
+        "new foo.map(fn);",
+        "map(fn);",
+        "foo['map'](fn);",
+        "foo[map](fn);",
+        "foo.notListedMethod(fn);",
+        "foo.map();",
+        "foo.map(fn, extraArgument1, extraArgument2);",
+        "foo.map(...argumentsArray)",
+        "Promise.map(fn)",
+        "Promise.forEach(fn)",
+        "lodash.map(fn)",
+        "underscore.map(fn)",
+        "_.map(fn)",
+        "Async.map(list, fn)",
+        "async.map(list, fn)",
+        "React.Children.forEach(children, fn)",
+        "Children.forEach(children, fn)",
+        "Vue.filter(name, fn)",
+        "$(this).find(tooltip)",
+        "$.map(realArray, function(value, index) {});",
+        "$(this).filter(tooltip)",
+        "jQuery(this).find(tooltip)",
+        "jQuery.map(realArray, function(value, index) {});",
+        "jQuery(this).filter(tooltip)",
+        "foo.map(() => {})",
+        "foo.map(function() {})",
+        "foo.map(function bar() {})",
+        "foo.map(function (a) {}.bind(bar))",
+        "async function foo() {
+				const clientId = 20
+				const client = await oidc.Client.find(clientId)
+			}",
+        "const results = collection
+				.find({
+					$and: [cursorQuery, params.query]
+				}, {
+					projection: params.projection
+				})
+				.sort($sort)
+				.limit(params.limit + 1)
+				.toArray()",
+        "const EventsStore = types.model('EventsStore', {
+				events: types.optional(types.map(Event), {}),
+			})",
+        "foo.map(_ ? () => {} : _ ? () => {} : () => {})",
+        "foo.reduce(_ ? () => {} : _ ? () => {} : () => {})",
+        "foo.every(_ ? Boolean : _ ? Boolean : Boolean)",
+        "foo.map(_ ? String : _ ? Number : Boolean)",
+    ];
+
+    let fail = vec![
+        "bar.map(fn)",
+        "bar.reduce(fn)",
+        "foo.map(lib.fn)",
+        "foo.reduce(lib.fn)",
+        "foo.map(
+				_
+					? String // This one should be ignored
+					: callback
+			);",
+        "foo.forEach(
+				_
+					? callbackA
+					: _
+							? callbackB
+							: callbackC
+			);",
+        "async function * foo () {
+				foo.map((0, bar));
+				foo.map(yield bar);
+				foo.map(yield* bar);
+				foo.map(() => bar);
+				foo.map(bar &&= baz);
+				foo.map(bar || baz);
+				foo.map(bar + bar);
+				foo.map(+ bar);
+				foo.map(++ bar);
+				foo.map(new Function(''));
+			}",
+    ];
+
+    Tester::new(NoArrayCallbackReference::NAME, NoArrayCallbackReference::PLUGIN, pass, fail)
+        .test_and_snapshot();
+}
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/unicorn_no_array_callback_reference.snap b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/unicorn_no_array_callback_reference.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b07f55ee1c966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/unicorn_no_array_callback_reference.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+---
+source: crates/oxc_linter/src/tester.rs
+---
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:1:9]
+ 1 │ bar.map(fn)
+   ·         ──
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:1:12]
+ 1 │ bar.reduce(fn)
+   ·            ──
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:1:9]
+ 1 │ foo.map(lib.fn)
+   ·         ──────
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:1:12]
+ 1 │ foo.reduce(lib.fn)
+   ·            ──────
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:2:5]
+ 1 │     foo.map(
+ 2 │ ╭─▶                 _
+ 3 │ │                       ? String // This one should be ignored
+ 4 │ ╰─▶                     : callback
+ 5 │                 );
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:2:5]
+ 1 │     foo.forEach(
+ 2 │ ╭─▶                 _
+ 3 │ │                       ? callbackA
+ 4 │ │                       : _
+ 5 │ │                               ? callbackB
+ 6 │ ╰─▶                             : callbackC
+ 7 │                 );
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:3:13]
+ 2 │                 foo.map((0, bar));
+ 3 │                 foo.map(yield bar);
+   ·                         ─────────
+ 4 │                 foo.map(yield* bar);
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:4:13]
+ 3 │                 foo.map(yield bar);
+ 4 │                 foo.map(yield* bar);
+   ·                         ──────────
+ 5 │                 foo.map(() => bar);
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:6:13]
+ 5 │                 foo.map(() => bar);
+ 6 │                 foo.map(bar &&= baz);
+   ·                         ───────────
+ 7 │                 foo.map(bar || baz);
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:7:13]
+ 6 │                 foo.map(bar &&= baz);
+ 7 │                 foo.map(bar || baz);
+   ·                         ──────────
+ 8 │                 foo.map(bar + bar);
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+   ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:8:13]
+ 7 │                 foo.map(bar || baz);
+ 8 │                 foo.map(bar + bar);
+   ·                         ─────────
+ 9 │                 foo.map(+ bar);
+   ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+    ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:9:13]
+  8 │                 foo.map(bar + bar);
+  9 │                 foo.map(+ bar);
+    ·                         ─────
+ 10 │                 foo.map(++ bar);
+    ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+    ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:10:13]
+  9 │                 foo.map(+ bar);
+ 10 │                 foo.map(++ bar);
+    ·                         ──────
+ 11 │                 foo.map(new Function(''));
+    ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-unicorn(no-array-callback-reference): Avoid passing a function reference directly to iterator methods
+    ╭─[no_array_callback_reference.tsx:11:13]
+ 10 │                 foo.map(++ bar);
+ 11 │                 foo.map(new Function(''));
+    ·                         ────────────────
+ 12 │             }
+    ╰────
+  help: Wrap the function in an arrow function to explicitly pass only the element argument