Ibn Falitah; Rushd al-labib ila mu'asharat al-habib

(An Intelligent Man's Guide to the Art of Coition) (1362)

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Taken from: A Taste of Honey: Sexuality and Erotology in Islam By Habeeb Akande

(He cites old poets who praise dark skin women)

They disparage her brown complexion which for me is not a defect.

                They do not know that a brown complexion is an advantage.

People praise a woman for her brown lips.

                What if all her complexion was brown?