Q: What is the punishment for drinking alcohol?
A: The following appears in a hadith:
He who drinks wine, Allah Ta’ala shall not except his salaah for 40 days. If he makes repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If he drinks wine again, Allah shall not accept his salaah for 40 days. If he repents again, Allah will accept his repentance. If he drinks wine again, Allah shall not accept his salaah for 40 days. If he repents again, Allah will accept his repentance. If he drinks it the fourth time, then Allah will not accept his repentance. If he dies, he will enter Hell, In Hell he will be made to drink from the pus of the people of Jahannum.
This is narrated by Ibn Majah and Tirmizhi
Mufti Siraj Desai