פירוש על עבודה זרה 34:8

The Talmud brings up a statement by R. Hanina concerning charity collection. Somehow he mixed up money collected for Purim, which must be given out that day so that the poor can use it to buy food for the Purim feast, with money collected for general charity. Rashi explains that to compensate for this error, he distributed his own money to the poor for Purim. In any case, it again seems clear that he was occupied with acts of gemilut hasadim.
Again, the Talmud tries to resolve the difficulty. He did engage in acts of lovingkindness, but not at the level required.