Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29940 — Concealing a thief's offence

Zuyayd bin al-Salt says: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "If I were to catch a drinker of wine, what I would love is that Allah, the Lord of Glory, should conceal him; and if I were to catch a thief, what I would love is that Allah, the Lord of Glory, should conceal him."