Abu Asim narrated it in the same way.
Abu Muhammad (Yahya bin Mansur) said: I saw Muslim bin al-Hajjaj declare this report weak, and he said: Abu Qays al-Awdi and Huzayl bin Shurahbil cannot bear this, given that they contradicted the eminent narrators who narrated this report from al-Mughirah and said: He wiped over the khuffs (leather socks). And he said: We do not abandon the apparent meaning of the Qur'an on the strength of the likes of Abu Qays and Huzayl. Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi said: I said to Sufyan al-Thawri: If you narrated to me the hadith of Abu Qays from Huzayl, I would not accept it from you. Sufyan said: The hadith is da'if (weak), or wahin (very weak), or a word like that. Ahmad bin Hanbal said: This is narrated only through the hadith of Abu Qays, and Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi used to narrate it and say: It is munkar (denounced). Ali bin al-Madini said: The hadith of al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah about wiping was narrated from al-Mughirah by the people of Madinah, the people of Kufah and the people of Basrah, and Huzayl bin Shurahbil narrated it from al-Mughirah, except that he said: and he wiped over the socks, and so he contradicted the people. Yahya bin Ma'in said: All the people narrate it as wiping over the khuffs, except Abu Qays. Abu Dawud said: Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi would not narrate this hadith, because what is well known from al-Mughirah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is that he wiped over the khuffs. Abu Dawud said: This was also narrated from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is neither connected nor strong.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1350