It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man went to visit him while he was ill, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman said to him: You have maintained the tie of kinship (that is, you have fulfilled the rights of kinship). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: I am al-Rahman, and this is al-rahim (the tie of kinship); I have derived it from My name. So whoever joins it, I will join him; whoever severs it, I will cut him off; and whoever cuts it off at the root, I will cut him off completely (from My mercy)."