This
necklace has Dua Jawshan Kabir in the amulet/taveez carrier and comes with the
chain as shown. There is a small sword or blue stone eye attached to the chain
as well.
The
Importance of the Dua Jawshan Kabir: Jawshan
Kabeer (Arabic: جَوْشَن ٱلْكَبِير) is a long Shia Islamic prayer that contains 1001 names
and attributes of God. Jawshan means
“steel plate” or “mail” and thus the name of the prayer refers to Muhammad’s
heavy armor in battle.
Dua
Jawshan Kabir, literally Great Armor, has been narrated from Prophet Muhammad
(s). In his beautiful introduction to this dua, the late Shaykh ‘Abbas Qummi
writes,
[This
dua] is mentioned in the books, al-Balad al- Amin and al-Misbah of al-Kafa’mi.
It is related from Imam ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn Sayyid al-Sajidin from his father
from his grandfather, the Prophet of Allah, who received it from the Angel
Gabriel during one of the battles. [In that battle] the Prophet had a very
heavy coat of armor on to protect himself. The coat was so heavy that it was
hurting the Prophet’s body. In this state, the Angel Gabriel came to the
Prophet and said, “O Muhammad! Your Lord conveys his salutations to you and
tells you to take out this coat of armor (jawshan) and to recite this dua
[instead], as it is a protection for you and your Ummah.” (Qummi 1994, 86)
At
this point, the Angel continued to explain the greatness of this supplication
to the Prophet. Our limited space does not allow us to quote the entire
narration here. However, it suffices us to mention that, according to this
narration, whoever writes down this dua on his kafan (burial shroud), God will
not lead him to the hellfire and whoever recites this dua with a pure intention
in the beginning of the month of Ramadan, God will grant him success to witness
the Night of Qadr and will create for him seventy thousand angels, all of whom
will be busy praising and glorifying God. The rewards of this praise and
glorification will be given to the person who recited this supplication.
In
addition, it is mentioned that whoever reads this supplication three times
during the month of Ramadan, God will make the hellfire forbidden to him and
will make it certain for him to enter Paradise. For such a person, God will
also appoint two Angels to protect him from all evils in this world. Imam
Husayn ibn ‘Ali (a), also, has reportedly said, “My father Amir al-Mu’minin
‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) bequeathed to me that I should memorize and protect this
supplication, write it on his kafan, and teach it to my family members,
encouraging them to recite it, as it contains one thousand names of God, among
which is the Greatest Name (Ism al-A’zam)” (Qummi 1994, 86-7).
Shaykh
‘Abbas Qummi then explains that he has not found any narration to the effect
that this dua must be recited particularly on the Night of Qadr. However, it
could be argued that because it was recommended to recite this dua three times
in the month of Ramadan, people gradually over the centuries appropriated the
three famous nights (one of which is considered as the night of Qadr) for
recitation of this dua. Besides, as Shaykh ‘Abbas mentions, the fact that
‘Allama Majlisi, in his Zad al-Ma’ad, has included the recitation of this dua
among the rituals of this night suffices us to believe that reciting the
supplication of Jawshan Kabir is specially recommended on these three nights.