Is the questioner considered sinful and required to make up the fasts only, or something else, after breaking his fast for two days in Ramadan while working as a sailor on a ship in the Gulf, taking into consideration that the ship is equipped with amenities and stops for several days? And does diving invalidate fasting without anything entering the body? And what is the ruling on following the ship's compass or mobile phone to determine the Qibla when there is a 20-degree difference?
If the questioner resides in Jeddah and travels to work on a ship for a month, then he is considered a traveler during this period. Therefore, his breaking of the fast on those two days was due to the excuse of travel, and there is no sin upon him for that. Fasting for a traveler is better if it does not cause him hardship, and he is only required to make up the days he missed from Ramadan.
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