The introduction to Dalaail u'l Khayraat explains the importance of love for the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam and of recitation of salawaat on him. The wordings of one Hadith Shareef that is quoted is:

Wa 'an Anas-in annahu qaal:
Qaala Rsulullahi Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
Laa yu'minu ahadukum hattaa akoona ahabba ilaihi
Min nafsihi wa maalihi wa waladihi wa waalidihi wannaasi ajma'een

Hadhrat Anas, Rady Allahu 'Anhu reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, "None of you becomes a true believer until he loves me more than himself, his wealth, his children, his parents, and all people".

This hadith has been reported in both Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim with slightly different wording.

According to another hadith narrated by Sayyidina 'Umar Rady Allahu 'Anhu, the noble Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam said this three times:

Alaa laa Imaana Liman Laa Mahabbata Lahu

Behold! A person does not have faith if he does not love him
(meaning the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam).

If you send blessings on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam once, Allah sends blessings on you ten times, according to a hadith narrated by Hadhrat 'Abdullah bin 'Amr ibn al-'Aas Rady Allahu 'Anhu and reported in Sahih Muslim. According to another hadith narrated by Sayyidina 'Ali Rady Allahu 'Anhu and reported in Tirmidhi, if you hear the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ibn 'Abdillah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam mentioned and if you do not send blessings on him, then you are counted among the bukhalaa (plural of bakheel, the miserly). Since to recite salawaat on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam is such a good and meritorious deed, Imam al-Jazuli perhaps decided to call his kitab of salawaat Dalaail u'l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds).

Allahumma innee nawaytu bi-Salaatee
'Alan Nabiyyi Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
Imtithaalan Li-Amrika wa tasdeeqan li Nabiyyika
Muhammad-in Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
Wa mahabbatan feehi wa shawqan ilayhi
Wa ta'zeeman liqadrihi wa likawnihi ahlan lidhaalika
Fataqabbalhaa minnee Bi Fadhlika wa Ihsaanika
Wa azil hijaabal gaflati 'an qalbee
Waj'alnee min 'ibaadikas-saaliheen.

O Allah! I make the intention to invoke blessings
on the Prophet, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him,
in compliance with Your Order and as an attestation of
the Prophet sent by You, our master Muhammad,
may Your blessings and peace be upon him;
in his love and in my yearning for him
and with the respect due to him as he merits it.
Accept it from me by Your Grace and Kindness
and remove the veil of negligence from my heart
and make me among one of Your righteous servants.

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Sallayta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed

Allahumma Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Baarakta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings upon Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You showered blessings upon Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

O Allah! Bestow favours upon Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You bestowed favours upon Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Al-Hafiz as-Sakhawi Rahmatullahi 'alaih has compiled about forty different ways of reciting As-Salaatu'l Ibrahimiyyah that had been reported in books of Hadith Shareef, a majority of which we find interspersed in Dalaail u'l Khayraat. An example of one such variation as reported in a Hadith Shareef by Hadhrat 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Rady Allahu 'Anhu in Haakim is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Wa Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Warham Muhammad-an wa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Sallayta wa Baarakta wa Tarahhamta
'Alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and have mercy on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
as You blessed, bestowed favours and had mercy
on Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Besides As-Salatu'l Ibrahimiyyah, Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam also taught his sahaba (companions) many other salawaat. We learn of one such salaat and its benefits from a blessed Hadith Shareef quoted by Sayyidina al-Imam al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad Rady Allahu 'Anhu Wanfa'na bihi (1044-1132 A.H.) in an-Nasaaih id-Diniyya (Sincere Religious Advices) as narrated by Hadhrat Ruwayfi' ibn Thaabit al-Ansari Rady Allahu 'Anhu and reported by Imam Ahmad Rahmatullahi 'alaih.

Wa qaala 'alaihi's-Salaatu wa's-Salaam: man qaala
Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in
Wa anzilhu'l maq'adal muqarraba 'indaka yauma'l qiyamah
Wajabat lahu shafa'atee.

He said, may blessings and salutations be upon him,
"My intercession is obligatory on whoever recites (this salaat):
O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him a seat near You on the Day of Judgement".

Dalaail u'l Khayraat contains this salaat but with slightly different wording as follows:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in
Wa anzilhu'l manzila'l muqarraba yauma'l qiyamah

O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him a place nearby on the Day of Judgement.

Innallaha wa Malaaikatahoo Yusalloona 'ala'n Nabiyy
Yaa ayyuhalladheena Aamanu Salloo 'alaihi wa Saallimoo Tasleemaa
Labbaik Allahumma Rabbee wa Sa'dayk
Salawaatullahi'l Barrir-Raheem wa'l Malaaikati'l Muqarrabeen
Wa'n-Nabiyyeen wa's-Siddiqeen wa'sh-Shuhadaai wa's-Saaliheen
Wa maa Sabbaha Laka min shay-in Yaa Rabba'l 'Aalameen
'Alaa Sayyidina Muhammad ibni 'Abdillah
Khaatamin Nabiyyeen wa Sayyidi'l Mursaleen
Wa Imam-i'l Muttaqeen wa Rasuli Rabbi'l 'Aalameen
Ash-Shaahidi'l Bashir-i'd-Daa'ee Ilayka
Bi-Idhnika's-Siraaji'l Muneeri wa 'Alayhissalaam.

Surely, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet.
O you who believe! Send blessings on him
and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56)
I am here and ready to obey You O Allah, my Sustainer.
May the blessings of Allah, the Righteous, the Merciful,
and the angels who are close to You (O Allah)
and the Prophets, the Truthful, the martyrs and the pious
and those of Your creation that praise You O Lord of the Worlds,
(may the blessings of all of them)
be on Sayyidina Muhammad ibn 'Abdillah
the Seal of the Prophets, the leader of the Messengers of Allah
and the leader of those who are in reverential awe of Allah,
and a Messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,
a witness who brought glad tidings and who calls people to You
O Allah with Your permission,
who is a shining light,
and many salutations to him as well.

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad-in
'adada makhlooqaatika

O Allah! Bestow blessings on our patron Sayyidina Muhammad,
as many times as the number of things created by You.

In the same way, there is salawaat on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam as many times as are the (uncountable) Words of Allah ('adada Kalimaatika), as many times as the Pen Wrote in the Mother of Books ('adada maa jaraa bihi'l Qalamu fee Ummi'l Kitab), the number of stars ('adada nujoomi's samaa), the number of leaves of trees ('adada awraaqil ashjaar), the number of men and women (adad-an-nisaai warrijaal), and so on.

Muslims of course never become satiated in sending salawaat on the blessed Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam. A form of salaat that occurs most often in Dalaai u'l Khayraat is the one that offers blessings a thousand times the number of days from the day Allah Ta'ala created the earth till the Day of Judgement. An example of one such salaat is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in
'Adada kulli qatratin qatarat min Samaawaatika ilaa Ardhika
Min yaumi khalaqtaddunya ilaa yaumi'l qiyaamati
Fee kulli yaumin alfa marrah

O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
as many times as the number of rain drops
that drop from Your sky to Your earth
from the day You created the earth till the Day of Judgement
a thousand-fold a day!

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Saahibi'l Maqaamil Mahmood

O Allah! Bestow blessings on the one raised to the Praised Station.

In the same way, there is salawaat on him who attained the state of Witnessing (Saahibi'l Makaani'l Mash-hood), on the intercessor (Saahibi'sh-Shafa'ah), on the intermediary (Saahibi'l Waseelah), on the one who performed miracles (Saahibi'l mu'jizaat), on the one who physically ascended to the heavens on mi'raaj (Saahibi'l mi'raaj), and so on.

Imam al-Jazuli Rahmatullahi 'alaih also presents simple salawaat easy to recite and memorise with the names and titles of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam as follows:

Allahumma Salli 'alal Bashir i'n Nadheer

O Allah! Bestow blessings on the one who brought glad tidings
(of paradise) and who warned (against hell-fire).

In the same way, there is salawaat on siraajummuneer (the shining light), nuri'l anwaar (the light of lights), manin shaqqa lahu'l qamar (for whom the moon cleaved into two parts), saaqee linnaasi mina'l hawdh (the quencher of thirst of people from his Pond of Kawthar), and so on.

Some of the salawaat combine all this praise in an enriching totality with a flourish of artistry as in this salaat which sparkles on earth as a gem and lights up the sky as does the full moon.

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in
Afdhali Anbiyaaika wa Akrami Asfiyaaika
Wa Imami Awliyaaika wa khaatami Anbiyaaika
Wa Habibi Rabbi'l 'Aalameena wa Shaheedi'l Mursaleena
Wa Shafee'il mudhnibeena wa Sayyidi waladi Adam-a ajma'eena
Al marfu'iz-zikri fi'l Malaaikati'l Muqarrabeena
Al Bashir i'n Nadheer
As-Siraaji'l Muneer As-Saadiqi'l Ameen al-Haqqi'l Mubeen
Ar-Rauf i'r Raheem Al Haadee ilaa Siraati'l Mustaqeem
Alladhee aataytahu Sab'an Mina'l Mathaanee wa'l Qur'an-al-'Azeem
Nabiyy i'r Rahmah wa Haadi'l Ummah
Awwali man tanshaqqu 'anhu'l ardhu wa yadkhulu'l Jannah
Wa'l muayyadi Jibrila wa Meekaaila
Al Mubash-shari bihi fi't Tawraati wa'l Injili
Al-Mustafa al-Mujtaba al-Muntakhabi Abi'l Qasim
Muhammad ibni 'Abdillah ibni 'Abdil Muttalib ibni Hashim

O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad,
who is the best among Prophets sent by You
and the most noble among Your chosen people,
the leader of the saints, and the Seal of the Prophets,
and the beloved of the Lord of the Worlds,
a witness for the Messengers of Allah (on the Day of Judgement)
and the intercessor for sinners,
the leader of all the children of Prophet Adam Alayhissalaam;
whose rememberance has been exalted among the highest angels,
who brings glad tidings (of heaven) and warns (against hell-fire),
a shining light, truthful, trustworthy, manifest truth,
most kind and merciful, the guide to the straight path,
whom You gave the seven often-repeated verses of Surah Fatiha
and the magnificent Qur'an,
the Prophet of mercy and the guide of the nation,
the first one to be resurrected and to enter paradise,
and one who is supported by angels Jibril and Meekaail,
whose coming had been foretold in the Torah and the Bible,
Mustafa, Mujtaba, the selected one, the father of Qasim,
Muhammad, son of 'Abdillah, son of 'Abdil Muttalib, son of Hashim.

There is dua (invocation) at the end of each chapter. One dua, easy to memorise which we can surely benefit from is:

Allahummasturna bi sitrika'l Jameel

O Allah! Hide our shame with Your Own Beautiful Covering.

Imam al-Jazuli Rahmatullahi 'alaih has also included the famous Dua u't Tawassul and invokes Allah using the mediation (wasila) of Asma u'l Husna, of Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam, of Arsh (His Throne) and of Kursi (His Seat). The dua in the final part provides such a spiritually enriching mixture of Asma u'l Husna and salawaat, it tastes like the river of milk from paradise itself. Imam al-Jazuli takes three sips as is sunnah and fittingly concludes with a dua for himself.

Allahummagfir li muallifihi Warhamhu Waj'alhu minal mahshooreena
fee zumratin-Nabiyyeena wa's-Siddiqeena Yaumal Qiyaamati Yaa Rahmaan

O Allah! Forgive this writer and have Mercy on him,
and raise him up on the Day of Judgement in the company of
the Prophets and the Truthful, O the Most Beneficent.

Allahummaj 'alnaa ma'hum

O Allah! Make us their companions too.

Aameen Yaa Rabba'l 'Aalameen.

Sallu 'ala'n Nabiyy! Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaih
Sallu 'ala'r Rasul! Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaih