Stories indicating the insight of Shaykh Al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him).

The Shaykh: And the believer and the disbeliever share in this, and it is insight, acumen, and shrewdness. Some of the deceptions exploit their shrewdness and acumen, and alongside that, they exploit the simplicity of the followers and disciples, making it easy for them to deceive their followers and to appear as if they are among the great awliya (close friends of Allah). They look like this... in the Preserved Tablet. In reality, there is acumen and there is analogical reasoning. Sometimes the matter comes spontaneously, something that does not cross one's mind.
The student: Nor by shrewdness, nor anything else.

The Shaykh: Never, but in matters that come by occupying the mind, apparently.
The student: By connecting things to one another.

The Shaykh: This word reminds me of a story I mentioned... and there are many stories, but I do not want to waste your time; this is your time now, not mine, and so I do not want to waste your time. Rather, it is a very simple example. I was in Damascus in my shop, a place where I repair watches, when a Palestinian student of knowledge came to me, one of the migrants due to the defeat. He was a strong student of knowledge from al-Azhar, and he used to visit me in the shop, and we would discuss... The point is: a peasant man came in with him, holding a watch in his hand. This peasant would give it to the Shaykh, andThe Shaykh : he would give it to me, saying to me, "Look at this watch; it has stopped and needs repair." I looked at the watch; here is the point. I read its name; its name was written in a foreign language. I said to its owner, "Did you buy this watch from Homs?" He said, "Yes." How is that? I call the divine intellect a computer; I activated the divine computer. I said, "This is a peasant, and this watch... its agent is with us in Damascus." I did not say to him that he bought it from Damascus; he lives in one of the villages around Homs, and usually the people of the villages go to the town to shop from it. So it hit the target perfectly. And in this narration, another student of knowledge enters, distinguished by his strength in the Arabic language. After he greets, he says: "O Professor, I have a verse that is difficult for me regarding its pronoun reference." I said, "Perhaps you mean: ." He said, "That is it." He took it simply. Then he turned to the first Shaykh; the second one remained denying that it was revelation. It is revelation. So the point is that there are things that require shrewdness, insight, and the exercise of thought, and things that come by way of, well, pardon me, so here... the occasion arose, and what was the second question?