What does one do if he missed part of the funeral prayer?

The questioner : ... from the funeral prayer, yes, so what is the ruling? And this happens often, O Shaykh!

The Shaykh : Whatever you missed, pray it; so whatever you caught, pray it, and whatever you missed, complete it; follow the imam, you come in with the two takbirs and you say the taslim.

The questioner : And what do I do after the first takbir if I said takbir after the imam said taslim? I say takbir, I say two takbirs if I missed the first takbir?

The Shaykh : It is this.

The questioner : Yes, after the first takbir of the two takbirs, do I recite al-Fatihah? Like that?

The Shaykh : ... Did you catch the two takbirs behind the imam?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : In the first takbir, you are supposed to have recited al-Fatihah.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Just as you do when you pray the obligatory prayer, if you come to the 'Isha' prayer, for example, and you catch the imam in the third or fourth rak'ah, and you enter the prayer and say: Allahu Akbar, what do you do? Do you not recite al-Fatihah?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : It is the same, the same method is applied in the funeral prayer.

The questioner : Okay; so if you caught the two takbirs and then the imam said taslim, and you came in at the third takbir; do I make du'a' for the deceased after the third takbir?

The Shaykh : Just as you do if you prayed with the imam in the first rak'ah ... .

The questioner : The first rak'ah of ... so that he prays; meaning he catches the tashahhud ... .

The Shaykh : O people, the examples are repeated too much, ... the rule, rest easy; whatever you caught, pray it, and whatever you missed, complete it.