Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ikrimah narrates that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Hazrat Ammar, and Hazrat Zubair caught a thief, then they let him go. I said to Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): All of you did wrong when you let him go! Upon this, he said: May your mother die, if you were in his place, you would surely wish that your way be left open.