(a) Ali al-Bashani informed me that Abdullah bin al-Mubarak said: There is no disagreement among us about wiping over the leather socks, and when a man asks me about wiping, I suspect that he is a person of heretical desires.
(b) Muhammad bin Ibrahim (Ibn al-Mundhir) writes after this account that every Companion of the Messenger from whom dislike of wiping over the leather socks is reported has also had the opposite reported from him. (c) The Shaykh says: This dislike has reached us only from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). (d) On this matter there is the narration from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Book (of Allah) has taken precedence over wiping over the leather socks. This narration is not reported from him with a connected chain of the kind that is established. (e) Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) disliked it; then it is established from her that she referred the knowledge of this matter to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he reported the concession in this matter from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1287