Silsilah as-Sahihah 96 — Remnants of pre-Islamic practices

Sayyiduna Abu Malik Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Four traits of ignorance will be found in my Ummah, and they will not abandon them: (1) boasting about lineage (family greatness), (2) defaming ancestry, (3) seeking rain through the stars, and (4) wailing."