Commentary for Shabbat 83:1

מותר

it is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since that is not his intention. ');">¹</span> Shall we say that Samuel agrees with R. Simeon?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That whatever is unintentional is permitted. ');">²</span> But surely Samuel said: One may extinguish a lump of fiery metal in the street, that it should not harm the public,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Metal does not really burn, but throws off fiery sparks when red-hot. The prohibition of extinguishing does not apply in this case by Biblical law at all, save by Rabbinical law; hence where general damage may ensue the Rabbis waived their prohibition. ');">³</span>

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