Hadith 30

“Keep a record of your lines of descent so that you can maintain ties of kinship. He will not make his relatives distant when they are close relatives, even if they live far away. He will not consider them to be close relatives if they are distant ones, even if they live near to him. Every time of kinship will come on the Day of Resurrection in front of each individual and testify on his behalf that he has maintained the tie of kinship if he indeed maintained it. It will testify against him if he cut it off.”