I totally agree with your view point based on ‘Rasool Allah’s pbuh practices’ whether its about saying prayers or dealings with public or saying/doing something that could be taken in the wrong context by his companions. (Allah’s Rasool pbuh was very very thoughtful about such occurrences than or in future) e.g the TREE OF RIZWAN or TAHAJUD PRAYERS etc,
Hence, all other practices are either misinterpreted by sahaba ikeraam or by scholars out of great love for Allah swt or his beloved Prophet Mohammad pbuh. (Allah knows the best)
We should be asking ourselves whether such practices would be accepted by Allah’s Rasool pbuh if he was present among us now?