Refutation of the Deviant Sects can never be called 'fitnah'

Khatib Tabrezi rahimahullah (the compiler of Mishkat) follows Imam Bukhari rahimahullah The great Muhaddith, Khatib Tabrezi rahimahullah followed Imam Bukhari rahimahullah at the end of Mishkat-ul-Masabih by working against the deviated sects. The last major chapter of Sahih al-Bukhari and the last chapter of Mishkat-ul-Masabih are two spheres of the same ruling. Imam Bayhaqi rahimahullah transmits a report from Sayyiduna Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, "At the end part of this Ummah there will be a people that will earn reward like that of the first generation. They will command the good, forbid the evil, and will fight against the people of fitnah." [Mishkat, Dala'il-un-Nubuwwah] The commentators of Hadith have stated that people of fitnah (ahl-ul-fitan) in this report refers to those who rebel against the Khilafat, the Khawarij, the Rawafid, and other innovators. The Mujaddid of the tenth century, Mulla 'Ali Qari rahimahullah explains the ...