The ruling on a woman passing in front of a person praying in the Haram

The first message in this episode is from one of the listening brothers, identified as (N. M. A. N). The sender of the message is following up on a previous episode of this program. He says: I listened to the episode of this program in which His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz graciously answered the listeners' questions. Among his answers to one of the questions was the issue of a black dog and a woman passing in front of a person praying, and he mentioned that this breaks the prayer. I ask you to graciously ask His Eminence the Shaykh about the nature of this passing. If a man prays with a barrier (sutrah) in front of him and a woman passes behind the barrier, is it obligatory for him to repeat the prayer? Also, what is the ruling on women passing in front of men during times of crowding, especially in the two Harams? I ask you to please provide an answer, and thank you.
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows:
It has been explained in this program more than once regarding the ruling on passing in front of a person praying, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Imam Muslim narrated it in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) , and he narrated its meaning from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) , but without mentioning the black one. Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i, along with a group of others, also narrated it from Ibn Abbas as a marfu' hadith, and in it, the woman was specified as a menstruating woman.
The summary from these hadiths and what came with their meaning is that what breaks the prayer is one of these three: a mature woman, meaning one who has reached puberty, unlike a young girl; a donkey, in all its types, specifically the domestic donkey that people used to use previously for fetching water, riding, and carrying loads; and the third is the black dog.
It was said: , which indicates that this is specific to these three, and that if they pass between the person praying and his barrier, they break his prayer, whether it is a voluntary prayer or an obligatory one, provided that their passing is between the man or woman and the barrier.
As for if they pass behind the barrier, in front of it from the direction of the qiblah, they do not break the prayer. If these three pass in front of the barrier, they do not break the prayer; they only break it if they are between him and the barrier on the inside. It also breaks the prayer if they pass far away, if he does not have a barrier and they pass more than three arm's lengths from his feet, it does not break the prayer. It only breaks the prayer within the limit of three arm's lengths or less from the feet of the person praying if he does not have a barrier. This is the correct opinion among the scholars, and there is disagreement in this issue: some scholars say that it does not break the prayer, but only breaks its perfection, and the prayer is valid, but this is a weak opinion. The words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) are clear that it breaks the prayer, and the original ruling is that it breaks it—meaning: invalidates it. This is the correct and relied-upon position.
As for in the case of crowding where the person praying has no control over it, as happens in the Sacred Mosque, it does not break the prayer. A woman passing in the Sacred Mosque among the people in the Tawaf or elsewhere does not break the prayer according to the majority of scholars, and some scholars have reported it as a consensus, because guarding against it is difficult and mostly impossible. This is from the mercy of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) that the passing of women in the Sacred Mosque in the Tawaf or elsewhere does not break the prayer. This is the correct position, and some scholars have reported it as a consensus. The wisdom behind this is clear, which is that guarding against it is difficult or impossible, so from the mercy of Allah is that this ruling was lifted. Some hadiths have come regarding this with some discussion, and some of the Companions did so. Ibn al-Zubayr used to pray with women in front of him in the Tawaf and was not affected by it, knowing that they do not break the prayer. And Allah is the guarantor of success. Yes.