Is the divorce of every intoxicated person invalid?

The questioner : I say: Is the divorce of every intoxicated person invalid? Knowing that some people who sniff alcohol do not become intoxicated; that is, they are very rational, and you do not find any effect of intoxication or alcohol on them, or...

The Shaykh : When we say "the intoxicated person," we do not say "the one who drinks alcohol." There is a difference between when I say "the one who drinks alcohol" and when I say "the intoxicated person." Even the author says "the intoxicated person."

The questioner : That is, the one who drinks alcohol. I cannot make you understand my situation.

The Shaykh : We do not say "a sheep in alcohol," nor do we speak of a sheep in alcohol; [we speak of] the intoxicated person.

The questioner : And what is the condition?

The Shaykh : Did he fast until he lost his consciousness? That he lost his consciousness for the sake of pleasure and enjoyment. So that we exclude, for example, anesthesia; anesthesia is not intoxication.

The questioner : People who are addicted. That is, addicted, it has become a habit.

The Shaykh : No, I want to clarify the wording. Because... or a man whom we did not ask about specifically as one who drinks alcohol; we are not speaking about the one who drinks alcohol. We spoke about whom? About the intoxicated person. So if a man drinks alcohol four times every hour and does not become intoxicated, does this fall under our discussion here? No, it does not fall under it. This is why clarifying the wording is important, because the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) clarify their wording.