Is it understood from the words of the Shaykh of Islam that the punishment for the drinker of intoxicants is among the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments)?

The questioner : The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "It is not permissible to take from the one who commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse)..." until he said, "And the drinker of intoxicants is a matter in which the hudud are suspended." Does this statement of the Shaykh indicate that the punishment for the drinker of intoxicants is among the hudud?

The Shaykh : No, it is the apparent meaning of our words. It is among the hudud.

The questioner : His statement is correct from one of them.