A type of spell; magic hypnotism.
The people whom it is directed against are rendered helpless. They don’t know how to answer as in a court case or they sleep so deeply that they are unaware of what happens around them. It is caused by an incantation duwa'a of secret knowledge elimu' by s.o. who has knowledge beyond the ordinary.
The owner of the house had magic hypnotism put on him by the thief.