Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What is the reality of good character?
Good character is a state which is firmly established in the soul from which beautiful actions proceed with ease. People who have good character properly implement the following verse: Hold to forgiveness (of others), command what is right and turn away from the ignorant (7:199). They are firmly established in the qualities of pardoning those that wrong them, maintaining ties with those that sever ties with them and giving to those that withhold from giving them.