I fasted the entire month of Ramadan due to work. Do I owe an expiation, or must I fast the entire month of Ramadan, even though I did not break the fast intentionally?

Question:
I fasted the entire month of Ramadan due to work. Do I owe an expiation, or must I fast the entire month of Ramadan, even though I did not break the fast intentionally? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Work does not permit breaking the fast. The fact that a person works is not an excuse in the fast of Ramadan. Allah only permitted breaking the fast in Ramadan for the sick person and the traveler, and likewise for the very old person, and likewise for the pregnant woman and the nursing woman if they fear for themselves or for their children. These are the people with excuses who break the fast in Ramadan, and likewise the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding. These break the fast in Ramadan and make up the days from other days, except for the one who cannot make up the fast due to old age or a chronic illness, in which case he feeds one poor person for every day. This is based on His saying, the Exalted: “And upon those who are unable to fast is a ransom, the feeding of a poor person.”
As for work and jobs, they do not permit breaking the fast in Ramadan. A person fasts while he works. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to fast while they worked. They experienced severe hardship from fasting along with work. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not permit them to break the fast for the sake of work. So your breaking the fast for the sake of work is a great error. You must repent to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
And you must make up the fast, making up the number of days you broke. If this breaking of the fast occurred in a Ramadan prior to the following Ramadan, then you must, in addition to making up the fast, feed one poor person for every day as an expiation for the delay. And you must, in the future, be careful to maintain the fast and not break it except for a legitimate religious excuse from the excuses that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, specified in His Book, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified in his Sunnah. It was obligatory for you to ask the people of knowledge before you acted in this manner. For some people act in matters of their religion on their own, according to their own opinion, and do not refer to the people of knowledge. And Allah, the Exalted, said: Therefore, matters of religion must be attended to with care and must not be taken by opinion, but rather from the legitimate evidence and by asking the people of knowledge and insight. Yes.