Question:

When lifting up the Janazah (corpse) of a deceased, the people of out locality have this custom of counting 40 footsteps and then gifting the deceased its rewards. Is there any permissibility for this from a Sharee perspective?

Answer:

Counting the footsteps and gifting their rewards in this manner has no Sharee basis. It is wajib to abandon this custom.

And Allah knows best

(Hazrat Mufti) Muhmmad Taqi Usmani (May Allah preserve him)

Fatawa Usmani Vol.1 Pg.564