Is the expiation for ejaculating in Ramadan through masturbation, embracing, or kissing the same as the expiation for intercourse?

Question : He says: Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Among the things that break the fast in the month of Ramadan is intercourse, and its expiation is severe: it is freeing a slave. If one cannot find a slave, he fasts for two months. If he is unable to do that, he feeds sixty poor people. Is the expiation for ejaculating through masturbation, kissing, or embracing the same as the expiation for intercourse, or is it different? And what is it? Yes.

Answer : There is no severe expiation for anything other than intercourse among the things that break the fast. Whether ejaculation occurs through masturbation, kissing, or embracing, the only requirement is making up the fast. Even if a person is traveling and fasting, and he has intercourse, he owes nothing except making up the fast. For example, if a man travels with his wife to another country and then has intercourse with her during the day while fasting, he owes nothing except making up the fast. Let us take 'Umrah as an example: he and his family go for 'Umrah, and he is fasting with them. If he has intercourse with her during the day, he owes nothing except making up the fast, because a traveler is permitted to break his fast.