Is there a report that the repentance of a drinker of intoxicants is not accepted on the third occasion?

Question:
He asks: Is there a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the one who repents from drinking intoxicants and then returns to it, then repents and then returns to it, that his repentance is not accepted on the third occasion?

Answer:
Repentance is accepted, my brother, from everyone who repents. But the disagreement is: is he killed, is he killed on the fourth occasion, or is he not killed?
The majority hold that one is not executed for every instance of drinking intoxicants; rather, the hadd (fixed punishment) is applied to him. Among the scholars, some say he is executed on the fourth offense, based on the hadith which states he is executed. However, the stronger opinion, and the one held by the majority, is that the hadd is repeated against him every time he drinks, and he is not executed. Shaykh Taqiy al-Din says he is executed on the fourth offense, acting in accordance with the hadith. He says this has become like the madman who cannot be deterred by the hadd; he is like the madman, and the madman is executed if his harm cannot be averted except by execution, in which case he is executed.