Who are the relatives (dhawu al-rahim) and the types of maintaining ties with them

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We know those whom Allah has made it obligatory for us to maintain ties with through kinship. Is it sufficient to visit them on the two festivals? And what is the meaning of maintaining ties in this context?

Answer:
Kinship (al-rahim) refers to everyone connected to you by blood relation, whether through the father’s side or the mother’s side. It does not matter to the relatives that the connection is through the father or the mother, such as paternal uncles, paternal aunts, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, brothers, sisters, children of brothers, children of sisters, children of uncles, and so on. Everyone connected to you by kinship through your parents is among the relatives (dhawu al-rahim). Maintaining ties with them, according to one’s ability, involves greeting them and visiting them.
Maintaining ties with them involves giving them gifts. Giving them presents. Maintaining ties with them involves helping them if they are in need. Helping them if they are in need. So there are types of maintaining ties. There are types of maintaining ties. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,