The ruling on leaving sheep without a shepherd and the wolves and beasts of prey eating from them

Question:
The questioner: Your Eminence! This questioner is Abdullah from the Noble City of Makkah. He says: We live in the desert and we have sheep. These sheep go to graze on their own in the mountains, without a shepherd to guard them. The wolves and beasts of prey eat from them, approximately every month. Some of them may descend into places where we cannot reach them to get them out, so they die of thirst and hunger. We are unable to go and guard them. The question, Your Eminence! Are we held accountable for leaving these sheep to graze on their own, and what should we do? May Allah reward you.

Answer:
If the situation is as the questioner described, I fear that you will commit a sin; because this is a waste of wealth, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of wealth. It is obligatory that you appoint a shepherd to protect them and graze them in good pastures. Otherwise, sell them and spend their price on beneficial matters, and give charity. As for neglecting them and wasting them, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of wealth, and I fear that you will commit a sin; because this action means wasting them to the wolves or to death.
It is obligatory that a guard be placed with them to protect them and graze them in good pastures, and to protect them from the wolves and from places where there is danger. Otherwise, sell them and spend their price on the public interest. Yes.