Tarikh Islam

Applying theoretical framework to historical researches is among the methods offered in recent years as one of the ways for raising scientific level of historical studies. This is true while the various dimensions and aspects of this subject –basically among the principles of research method in sociology – are obscure and unknown for many students in the field of history. Accordingly, the present paper is exploring the following aspects of the subject: the reason for historians' interest in sociological theories; the nature of theoretical framework; the benefits of applying the theoretical framework; the limitations and difficulties of a theoretical framework; how to gain access to a logical theoretical framework; naturalization of theoretical framework; principles and rules for naturalization of theoretical framework in terms of an Islamic approach; the way of presenting the model for analyzing data based on the selected theoretical framework.