Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Most Merciful shows mercy to those who maintain ties of kinship; show mercy to those on earth, and those in the heavens will show mercy to you. The bond of kinship is a branch of the Most Merciful; whoever maintains it, I maintain him, and whoever severs it, I sever him.