What is the ruling on interrupting the prayer when a woman passes in front of the one praying in the Haram?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I caught up with the imam for two rak'ahs of the Maghrib prayer in the Haram. When the imam finished the prayer, I stood up to make up what I had missed, but a woman passed by, so I interrupted the prayer and repeated it. Did I miss the reward of the congregational prayer?

Answer:
Your prayer was not interrupted. If you had completed your prayer, that would have been the obligatory thing to do. A woman passing in front of you does not interrupt the prayer; it does not interrupt the prayer. However, if the place is spacious and she passed through it, you would be sinful, and she would be sinful for allowing it. But if the place is narrow, like the Haram, and people cannot be controlled, the matter is lenient in this regard, and praise be to Allah. Your prayer is valid, and repeating it was a mistake, but you were ignorant of the ruling. Your prayer is valid. You do not have to repeat it, but because you were ignorant of the ruling, we do not say that your prayer became invalid by repeating it.