Ruling on breaking the fast in Ramadan due to the hardship of work

The following message was received by the program from Riyadh, sent by one of the brothers, identified as (S.A.A), a Sudanese. Our brother says: Thirteen years ago, I was working in a city other than the one I live in, and the work was extremely arduous. That period coincided with the noble month of Ramadan, and I was unable to fast for fifteen days of Ramadan. Is it permissible to make up the fasts, and are there any other obligations on me besides making them up? I ask you to guide me. Also, if the situation were to recur, how should I act? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: You must make up the fasts, and along with making them up, you must feed one poor person for each day. As for making up the fasts, this is based on the saying of the Exalted: [Surat al-Baqarah: 185]. If the sick person makes up the fasts and the traveler makes up the fasts, then one who was lax and left off fasting due to some degree of hardship is even more obligated to make them up, along with repentance to Allah, with repentance and seeking forgiveness for the laxity that occurred.
And you must, in addition to that, feed one poor person for each day; because you delayed making up the fasts until after other Ramadans. So you must feed one poor person for each day half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the staple food of the land; one and a half kilograms of the staple food of the land, whether dates, rice, wheat, or otherwise. If you feed the poor person dinner or lunch, that suffices. And if you gather all of it and give it to some of the poor, that suffices; because a group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued a ruling to this effect, may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you. Our brother also asks, if the situation were to recur, how should he act, Your Eminence?
Answer: This differs. If it recurred due to illness, the sick person breaks the fast. Or if it is during travel, the traveler breaks the fast. But if he is in a state of residence and not ill, but rather healthy and well, and not a traveler, then it is obligatory for him to fast and to seek help from Allah the Mighty and Majestic. He has no right to be lax in this due to the hardship of heat or the like, unless he fears death; that is a different matter.
The point is: that he must be patient, just as his Muslim brothers are patient in the heat in some hot countries; he fasts and seeks help from Allah, just as his brothers fast, unless he is sick or traveling. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you. Our brother mentions that he is a worker, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh: Even if he is a worker, he fasts and agrees with the employers to lighten the work or shorten the working hours according to his condition. If he cannot do that, he leaves the work in Ramadan and works outside of Ramadan, and he seeks help from other jobs outside of Ramadan to support his sustenance and his free time in Ramadan; because his religion is more important and more deserving of his care [Surat al-Taghabun: 16]. So the believer cares for his religion more and is more concerned with it. If he has a lot of work in Ramadan, he agrees with the employers to lighten it so that he is able to fast. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, on shifting the work to the evening hours instead of the daytime?
The Shaykh: In any case, he does what he is able to. If he is able to work at the beginning of the day, or at the end of the day, or at night, he agrees with the employers on something that does not prevent him from fasting.
The presenter: I deduce from this that Your Eminence does not hold that it is permissible for a worker with arduous work to claim an excuse based on the work and break the fast?
The Shaykh: Yes, he has no right to do that. Rather, he must work a job that he is able to handle. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.