Does passing in front of a person praying break the prayer?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. One of the listeners asks about passing in front of a person while he is praying: does it break his prayer or not?

Answer:
I am in great sin. If he passes between him and his sutrah, or passes close to him if he does not have a sutrah at a distance of less than three cubits, he commits a great sin by doing so, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) , except if dire necessity calls for passing, such as in the two sacred mosques where there is crowding; in that case, there is no harm in passing due to the necessity. Not every passing breaks the prayer; rather, what breaks the prayer is what is mentioned in the hadith, which is the woman, the dog, and the donkey. These are the three for which it is reported in the hadith that the passing of one of them breaks the prayer of the one praying.