Voluntary Acts Benefit the One Who had Left off Obligatory Acts Intentionally

Questioner: Do voluntary fasts benefit the one who breaks his fast intentionally in Ramadan as there is no evidence for making up intentionally broken fasts? Sheikh: Undoubtedly, it benefits him. Like the one who missed many of the obligatory (prayers), so it benefits him that he compensates for what he missed with voluntary prayers. Likewise, the one who breaks his fast intentionally for a day or more in Ramadan, there's no way for him to make those up. He is a sinner, great is the sin, until he repents sincerely to Allah ﷻ. He should compensate for the good deeds that he had lost because of breaking the fast. So, he should increase in voluntary acts until he compensates a little of what he had missed.