These loans were not for a commercial purpose, a business undertaking. Rather, such interest - free loans were to relieve poverty or misfortune.
( निर्गम २२: २५; लेवीय २५: ३५ - ३७; मत्तय ५: ४२) कर्ज देण्यामागे पैसा कमावणे हा हेतू नव्हता.