The Questioner: Is alcohol (خمر – khamr) impure (نجس – najis)?
Shaykh Muqbil: No—as for the matter of impurity (النجاسة – an-najasah), the most correct view according to the statements of the people of knowledge is that al-khamr is not impure.
From the cassette: Asʾilat Ahl al-Maḥwīt