What is the optimal course of action regarding the sum of money that the father used to give to the paternal cousin in Yemen, which the latter did not dispose of, and is it better to dispose of it in Yemen or in the questioner's country, and is it obligatory to fence the plot of land that the father bought in Yemen with this sum?
The person afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer's is to be interdicted regarding their wealth. Nothing from it may be spent except for their own maintenance and the maintenance of those whose support is obligatory upon them. The guardian must preserve the interdicted person's wealth and dispose of it only in ways that benefit them. Accordingly, the father's wealth is to be preserved for him, and it is not permissible to give charity from it during his lifetime. There is no harm in fencing the land because it serves the interest of preserving his wealth. As for his will regarding slaughtering animals and giving charity after his death, it is to be executed after his demise within the limits of one-third of the estate. Any amount exceeding one-third is contingent upon the approval of the heirs.
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