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Consuming Alcohol and Prayer

 Tirmizi has reported from Abdullah bin OmerRZ that: ?The ProphetSAS said: ?Whoever consumes Liquor for the first time, his Salat will not be accepted by God for forty days and if he repents, Allah accepts. If he consumes it for the second time, Allah will not accept his prayers for another forty days and if he repents Allah accepts his repentance. If he consumes it for the third time his prayer will not be accepted for another forty days and if he repents again Allah will accept his repentance again. But if he consumes it for the forth time Allah will not accept his prayers for another forty days. If he repents again Allah will not accept his repentance. And the punishment will be that in the life hereafter Allah will make him consume filth from the drain in the Hell.?now looking at thisQuestion:What is the ruling of the Islaamic sharee?ah upon the person who drinks alcohol at night, and in the morning, he establishes the prayer ? and indeed the prayers prevents from indecency and evil ? is his prayer correct or null and void?answer:If a person prays the prayer, fulfilling its pillars, its preconditions and its obligatory aspects, then it is saheehah (correct). So its reward is for him, and the sin of drinking alcohol is upon him, and he is from those who mix a righteous action with another one of evil. So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom shall see it. And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom shall see it.Soo rah al Zalzalah (99) aayah 7 to 8In conclusion drinking alcohol, whats the ruling on it?  Is the 40 days prayer not accepted a true ruling?