 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mustafayev akanyorerwa muRed Army muna August 1941. Akarwa muhondo kubva muna Kurume 1942, achirwa muhondo yeCaucasus. Mustafayev akava murwi wepfuti mu5th Rifle Company ye55th Guards Rifle Division ye164th Guards Rifle Regiment. Muna autumn 1943, iye muchirongwa Kerch-Eltigen Operation. Akayambuka mhenderekedzo neboka rokutanga revarwi. Musi waNovember 3, panguva yehondo yeHight 102 kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweKerch, moto unorema wakamisa kufambira mberi. Mustafayev akakwakukira kubunker iri pakakwirira ndokukanda magirinedhi, anonzi akauraya varwi vashanu vechiGermany. Ipapo chikwata chake chakaziviswa kuva chakatora nzvimbo yakakwirira. Mukurwisana mumakomba, Mustafayev anonzi akauraya vamwe varwi vana vechiGerman, akatora pfuti yemapurisa ndokubva avhura moto kumauto echiGerman. Mustafayev anonzi akasimudza mureza mutsvuku paHight 102. Akakuvadzwa, asi zvinonzi haana kubva munhandare yehondo. Mukurwisana paKerch Peninsula, Mustafayev anonzi akauraya varwi 40 veGermany. Akabviswa zuva rakatevera racho. Musi waMay 16, 1944, akapiwa zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union uye Order of Lenin. 