The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 2041 (#Passage #400)

فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَنْ غَرَّهُمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَ: الشَّيْطَانُ الْمُضِلُّ، وَالْأَنْفُسُ الْأَمَّارَةُ بِالسُّوءِ، غَرَّتْهُمْ بِالْأَمَانِيِّ، وَفَسَحَتْ لَهُمْ فِي المَعَاصِيِ، وَوَعَدَتْهُمُ الْإِظْهَارَ، فَاقْتَحَمَتْ بِهِمُ النَّارَ.

He was asked: O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn, who deceived them? Then, he replied: Satan, the deceiver, and the inner spirit that leads one to evil deceived them through passions, made it easy for them to get into sins, promised them victory and eventually threw them into the Fire.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).