The dialogue between Islamic law (Shari'ah) and Islamic ethics (Sufism) has beengoing on for a long time. The relationship between the two in the early history ofIslamic thought can be called less harmonious, making the adherents of both accuseand criticise each other. The fuqaha (Islamic jurists) questioned the attitude of Sufigroups (Sufis), who tended to ignore the external provisions of religious law andmodified the basic teachings of religion with their own innovations and creations.The Sufis' modifications eventually led to a reduction of Islamic teachings, makingthem remove themselves from the true Muslim community. On the other hand,Sufis who seek the path of truth through the esoteric dimension claim that thefuqaha' group is no longer able to see the explicit things that are hidden behind thepages of the Qur'anic text and are too fossilised, so they lose the ability to capturethe substance of the core teachings of Islam. The author's methodology in thisresearch is quantitative library research through a comparative analysis approach.The result of this research is that although Islamic law and Islamic ethics had a poorrelationship in the early history of Islamic thought due to differences in viewpointsand dimensional pathways, both have the same ultimate goal, namely the ultimatetruth, namely God's pleasure.