The ruling on a black dog and a woman passing in front of the one praying

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Does the passage of a black dog and a woman in front of the one praying invalidate the prayer if the passage is between the one praying and his sutrah, or from behind the sutrah, or if there is no sutrah at all?

Answer:
As for what passes from behind the sutrah, that does not harm; nothing that passes from behind the sutrah causes harm, and one is not prevented from passing from behind the sutrah. As for what is in front of the sutrah, between him and his sutrah, or if he has no sutrah and something passes through a distance of three cubits, because the distance at which a sutrah is measured is three cubits, meaning it passes through this distance of less than three cubits. This is one point. This is the place behind which it is forbidden to pass in front of the one praying, or between him and his sutrah, as in the hadiths.
As for whether his prayer is broken by a dog, a woman, or a donkey, this is a matter of disagreement among the scholars. Some say his prayer is broken based on the apparent meaning of the hadith, which means he must repeat it. The second opinion is that it is not broken; the intended meaning of "breaking the prayer" refers to three things, specifically the breaking of validity, whereas here it is only the breaking of the reward. The breaking of the reward means the prayer is valid, i.e., its reward is diminished. So there is disagreement in this issue, and the correct view is that nothing breaks the prayer. However, if this passage occurs, the reward of his prayer is lost, or he has no reward in it, but he is not ordered to repeat it. His prayer is not invalid from the start; rather, its reward is invalidated. Yes.