Ruling on paying a bribe to obtain one's rights

Question:
Sometimes a person is forced to pay a bribe in order to obtain a right that belongs to him, which he cannot obtain by any other means?

Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation:
If his right is lost and it is not possible for him to obtain his right except by spending money on a person who can help him reach his right, and this does not harm others, but rather a person has taken your money and harmed you, and he has, for example, a companion or a servant who can intercede for you, then you give him money to intercede for you and to cause your money to be returned from this oppressor; there is no blame on you in that.
For example: a Bedouin or a city dweller has taken your money—taken your sheep, taken your car—so you give his servant, or his brother, or a relative, or the Shaykh of the tribe something to free you from this, and although it is not permissible for the Shaykh of the tribe or the like, but if it is not possible except by this, then you have not transgressed against anyone; you merely sought your money and your right in which you were wronged.
And for example: highway robbers have taken your money, so you give them some of your money so that they return some of it to you, or a thief has taken a thousand from you, so you say: give me five hundred, and you have five hundred; it is not permissible for him, but there is nothing wrong with giving him some of the right so that he returns some of the other right to you.