Does the supplication of Al-Jawshan have an actual presence in classical Islamic texts, and was it truly attributed to Ja'far al-Sadiq, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and his son Hasan, or was it authored by someone else? What is the ruling on reciting it as a supplication without adopting it as a protective charm? Is it sinful to keep it, and is it permissible to destroy it?

"It is not permissible to possess the Jawshan amulet, nor to act according to it, nor to believe what is mentioned in it; that is because there is no known chain of narration for it, and it contains much falsehood, such as the claim that the reader will obtain a great reward that only prophets attain, and the claim of its benefit in love, acceptance, and fulfillment of needs. And what is apparent is that it is fabricated by the Shi'a to turn people away from the Book and the Sunnah (definition).

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