There is one deviant sect of Muslims who call the Salah 'the Contact Prayer'. They do not believe in sending Salawat upon Muhammad . Therefore the Arabic word Salawat is basically spelt Salat or Salah and both Salah and Salawat draw the seeker closer to Muhammad first and then to Allah. In Urdu Salawat is called Darood . If we split the word Darood into two words we get Dar and Wood .
Wood means 'Love' .
Therefore Darood is the Place of Love. Hence the title given to Muhammad Habeeb Allah - the Beloved of Allah. The 99 Names of Allah have been taught to us by Muhammad . For example, As Saboor is the Patient, we have to try and emulate the quality of patience. Then there is the Name Al Muzill meaning the Degrader, we must KNOW what it means.