(Note: There are 10 occasions in Qur'an wherein Allah says...
But they totally neglect and discourage mention of those verses, that state that some other people and angels have also been given the power by Allah to intercede for us. Fadhl (Grace / Bounty) is only in Hands of Allah? You will find Salafi often quoting the following verse with great stress.
لِئَلَّا يَع'لَمَ أَه'لُ ال'كِتَابِ أَلَّا يَق'دِرُونَ عَلَى شَي'ءٍ مِّن فَض'لِ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ال'فَض'لَ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ يُؤ'تِيهِ مَن يَشَاء وَاللَّهُ ذُو ال'فَض'لِ ال'عَظِيمِ [Yusufali 57:29] That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatever over the Grace of Allah, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand, to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. For Allah is the Lord of Grace abounding. By quoting these type of verses, the Salafi want to compare us (i.e.
Shia and our Ahl'ul -Sunnah brethren, who believe that Rasool Allah (saww) has also been given the powers and authority to benefit us) to the Kuffar and Ahle-Kitab (Christians and Jews). They try to prove that in the same way that the Kuffar and Ahle Kitab committed shirk by having such beliefs, the Sunni and Shi'a have likewise fallen into the quagmire of Shirk. Sadly, by doing this, they completely neglect other parts of the Qur'an and Sunnah. See the following verses.