What is the method for making up the three days that I broke my fast in Ramadan without a valid excuse? Do I have to fast and pay expiation, or just fast? Is expiation obligatory before fasting? And what should I do about the two days that I fasted with the intention of making up, before knowing the ruling on expiation?

If a Muslim intentionally breaks their fast in Ramadan, two things become obligatory upon them: repentance and making up the missed fasts.

If they delay making up the fasts until another Ramadan overtakes them, then, in addition to making them up, they must feed one poor person for each day they broke their fast, unless they were ignorant of the impermissibility of the delay, in which case no expiation is required of them.

It is recommended that the feeding coincides with making up the fasts, or occurs after or before it.