Is being concerned with kinship ties to brothers and sisters, paternal uncles and aunts, and maternal uncles and aunts sufficient for maintaining the ties of kinship, and are these the only ones meant by the prohibited degrees of kinship (mahram)?

Kinship ties (Rahim) are of two types:

1. Kinship ties that must be maintained, and it is forbidden to sever them. This includes every unmarriageable kin (mahram), such as fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, children, their offspring, paternal uncles, paternal aunts, maternal uncles, and maternal aunts.

2. Kinship ties that it is disliked to sever, and it is recommended to maintain. This includes every non-mahram kin, such as the children of paternal uncles and aunts, and the children of maternal uncles and aunts. The son of one's mother's maternal aunt falls into this second category.

The Sharia has not specified a particular method for maintaining kinship ties. Rather, it is achieved through anything that is considered by people to be a form of maintaining ties, such as visiting, assisting, fulfilling needs, greeting, writing, or contacting.

Maintaining ties with parents and fulfilling their rights is more emphasized than with any other kin.