Muhaddith Mustafa Pruščak

Abstract

Mustafa b. Muhammad, Bosanac, Pruščanin, Nevabadlija, the outstanding representative of the younger generation (18th century) of the intellectual school of Prusac which is known for its adherence to orthodox Islam and love for the Arabic language, was presented by the former researchers (such as S. Bašagić, M. Handžić, A. Šabanović as well as M. T. Okić) as a profilic writer, a qadi of the Hanafi School, a mufti and a teacher. New researches based on the contents of his vvorks, particularly on the subject matter of his book Ar-radI li al-Murtada and his diploma work (igazat-name) show that Mustafa Pruščak was in the first place an expert in the field of the Prophet's Hadith.
His work Ar-radi li al-Murtada, which is in a way a supplement to the book Al-hadi li al-Muhtadi bo Muhammad b. Abi al al-Magribi at-Tlimsani, discusses 112 topics about virtues originating from the Prophet's Sunnah, the news transmitted by the first an the second generations of Muslims, maxims and the statements from the Torah. His teacher who taught him several disciplines from the field of Islamic Science conferred onto him, conformably to the educational system of the time, the diploma (igazat-name) which entitled him to the rank of a muhaddith (an expert of the Hadith Science).
Mustafa Pruščak deserved it by his work and writing. The style of his writing and the way in which he expresses his thoughts are characterized by the explicitness of the sentence structure similar to that of the Prophet's Hadith.