The Ruling on Resorting to the Taghut to Achieve Worldly Interests

Question:
What is the ruling on one who resorts to the taghut, desiring to achieve worldly interests, while knowing that the truth is the Book of Allah the Exalted?

Answer:
It is not permissible to resort to anything other than the law of Allah, such as resorting to the taghut, except if one is compelled to do so, by being in a land that does not have the ruling of the Shari'ah. If they do not have the ruling of the Shari'ah, he should not leave his wealth to be taken, nor his right to be taken. He should ask them to rule with what agrees with the Shari'ah. If they give him a ruling that agrees with the Shari'ah, he accepts it. If they give him a ruling that does not agree with the Shari'ah, he does not accept it, except if it is part of his right; then he seeks what secures his right out of compulsion.
So if he is in Egypt, or the Levant, or Iraq, or any country that does not rule by the Shari'ah, and the people take his wealth, or demolish his house, or something similar, he demands that the state restore his right according to its laws, and he does not demand more than his right. He seeks only his right, by any law and by any means, so that he is not wronged, and so that he is not satisfied with it. Allah knows from his heart that he is not satisfied with it, but he is compelled.