What does one do if he misses some of the takbirs of the funeral prayer?

Question : A questioner says: If a takbir of the funeral prayer is missed by the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam), what does he do?

Answer : If a person misses a takbir from the takbirs of the funeral prayer, I do not know of any sunnah (recommended practice) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this. However, the jurists say that if the funeral remains until the latecomers have completed their prayer, the person should complete the prayer in the state it is in. But if the funeral is being carried away, he should continue the takbirs and say the taslim (closing salam), or say the taslim with the imam, because the collective obligation (fard kifayah) has been fulfilled by the imam's prayer. On this occasion, I would like to remind the imams that sometimes a funeral is brought to the mosque, and it has been announced in the mosques that there is a funeral in such-and-such a mosque. So the people come and enter with the imam in the last rak'ah (unit of prayer).
When the imam says the taslim, these people stand up to complete their prayer. The prayer may be four rak'ahs, so how many rak'ahs do they complete? Three rak'ahs. This takes some time. So some people rush to bring the funeral forward and pray over it, and the prayer is missed by those who came to pray. The best in this situation is to wait. There is no harm in bringing the funeral forward to the imam, but the imam waits until these latecomers have completed their prayer, then he stands and prays, so that the entire congregation catches the prayer over this deceased person. And because we do not know, perhaps among these latecomers is someone whose supplication is answered, unlike those who are present.