Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 28:273

Sa’id ibn ‘Amir narrated to us, from Sa’id ibn Abi ‘Aruba, from Sa’id ibn Abi Hurra, from Nafi’, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: "That he goes and returns is more beloved to him." And a son of his, or a brother of his, asked him about going on a military expedition.