Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 183:2

בדבר שאין מתכוין סבר לה כר"ש במלאכה שאינה צריכה לגופה סבר לה כרבי יהודה

- In respect to what is unintentional he holds with R'Simeon; but in the matter of work which is not needed per se,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., when one carries out a corpse on Sabbath into the street. He does not really want the corpse in the street, but merely wants it out of the house. Every case of extinguishing except that of a wick to make it easier for subsequent relighting, falls within this category, since with this exception extinguishing is always negative. R. Judah forbids such, and R. Simeon permits it.');">³</span> he agrees with R'Judah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence he permits the unintentional extinguishing on the altar, but forbids the unintentional extinguishing of a burning piece of wood.');">⁴</span>

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