Silsilah as-Sahihah 2371 — Maintaining family ties

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, maintaining the ties of kinship is a branch that clings to the back of the Most Merciful. He (Allah) joins the one who joins it, and cuts off the one who cuts it off."