On the Funeral Prayer

Question : The questioner says: If the imam says the second takbir in the funeral prayer and the ma'mum has not finished reciting al-Fatihah, should he say the takbir or finish the recitation? By what does one catch up with the funeral prayer? And how does one catch up with it?

Answer : If the imam says the second takbir in the funeral prayer and you have not finished al-Fatihah, complete al-Fatihah, then say the takbir, then send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and follow the imam. As for by what one catches up with the funeral prayer, the scholars say that if one enters with the imam before the taslim, he has caught up with it. But if the imam says the taslim, should he say the taslim with him, or make up the takbir and supplication he missed, or make up what he missed in sequence before the funeral is completed? This is a point of disagreement among the scholars, and I have not found a distinction from the Sunnah between these opinions.