The sin of severing family ties for a valid excuse and the duration of maintaining ties

Question:
And may Allah bless you. The sister questioner, who used a code for her name, says: A woman is unable to maintain her family ties due to circumstances beyond her control, such as her husband’s opposition. Is she sinful for that? No, because she has no children who can take her to them. And is it true that maintaining family ties has a specific duration, as I heard that its duration is one month, and that anything exceeding one month is considered severance?

Answer:
Maintaining family ties is obligatory, and they have a right over their relatives. However, if there is an excuse preventing a relative from maintaining ties with his relative, there is an excuse, then he is not held accountable. He is not held accountable due to the excuse, just as if she is unable to go to them or send them anything. The excuse exempts her from sin. There is no specific time limit for maintaining family ties; whatever a person is able to do to maintain his ties or contact them, he is required to do so.