Is it permissible to give a mother suffering from dementia a sum of money, either from the questioner's own money or from the mother's own money, and then take it back to end her repeated accusations of theft against her granddaughter?
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If you are unable to convince your mother that her accusation of theft against her granddaughter is false, there is no harm in employing the aforementioned stratagem, provided it does not lead to any harm or corruption.
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