Is maintaining kinship ties of two types: Sunnah for relatives who are not in need, with no sin in severing ties with them, and obligatory for those among them who are in need?
Kinship ties are divided into two categories: there are ties that are obligatory to maintain and forbidden to sever, which include every unmarriageable kin () such as ascendants, descendants, and siblings/aunts/uncles. And there are ties that are recommended to maintain and disliked to sever, which include every marriageable kin (non-mahram) such as cousins (children of paternal uncles and maternal uncles). The degrees of maintaining ties vary between obligatory and recommended depending on ability and need, and they include financial support, visiting, greeting with peace, kind speech, and enduring harshness. As for parents, maintaining ties with them is obligatory and includes showing kindness and not saying "uff" [a word of impatience or displeasure] and lowering to them the wing of humility.
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