Prophet's Wives After His Death
The same scandalization was possible after the prophet, if there was possibility that the wives of the prophet could marry others. even if they did not, mischievous people would have been trying,. this would disturb the wives and the society and may cause fight. So they were given the status of mothers to end any prospects of their marriages after the prophet.
Understood. Even if someone wrongly believes that Prophet SAW is still alive, that still has nothing do with the message that he gave us. We can very safely ignore any material that doesn’t add to our understanding of his message, thereby being more productive in focusing on things that really matter.