Al-Miqdam bin Shurayh narrates from his father that he said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about wiping over the leather socks, and she said: Go to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), for he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I came to him and asked, and he said: When we travelled with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us to wipe over our leather socks.
As for Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he disliked it as long as it was not established to him that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped over the leather socks after the revelation of Surah al-Ma'idah; then, when it was established to him, he returned to it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1289