Is it permissible to allocate zakat to needy relatives, and will supplication with the intention of mending ties of kinship be interceded for in the event of continued estrangement?

It is permissible to allocate zakat to needy relatives and family members, unless they are among those whose maintenance is obligatory upon the zakat payer. This is considered desirable, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Charity given to a poor person is one charity, and charity given to a relative is two: one for charity and one for maintaining kinship ties." The matter of kinship ties is of great importance in Islam, and severing them is forbidden. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A severer of kinship ties will not enter Paradise." Maintaining kinship ties is not a reward, but rather an obligatory right. "The one who maintains kinship ties is not the one who reciprocates, but the one who maintains kinship ties is he who, when his relatives sever ties with him, he connects with them." If you strive to connect with your relatives, there is no sin upon you, and the sin of severance remains upon those among them who insist on it.