What is the ruling on maintaining kinship ties with his parents who abandoned him when he was an infant and he was raised under the care of another family, knowing that he does not know their whereabouts nor does he know if they are alive or dead?
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"Kinship ties are not severed by the parents' shortcomings, and the son must maintain connection with them, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The one who maintains connection is not the one who reciprocates, but the one who maintains connection is he who, when his kinship ties are cut off, connects them." This does not contradict the youth's obligation to reciprocate kindness with kindness and acknowledge the favor of those who raised him. It is worth noting that adoption is forbidden in Islamic law, unlike sponsoring an orphan while preserving his original lineage."
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