[3][4][5] Farooqui received his primary education in Lucknow and his Arabic studies at Jamia Hussainia Muhammadi, Lakhimpur.
At that time, he was an attendant of Asadullah Rampuri, the rector of Mazahir Uloom, and benefited from him intellectually and spiritually.
[19] After the split of Jamiat-e-Ulema, from 8 April 2008, to 15 October 2020, he served as the General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema Hind (A).
[16][25][26][17][22][27] Apart from this, he was a member of Nadwatul Ulama,[8][28] Chairman of the Deeni Taleemi Trust, Lucknow,[29] and Ameer-e-Sharī'at of Uttar Pradesh.
Shia Muslim cleric Kalbe Jawad accused Farooqui of labeling a rights activist as a terrorist.
Farooqui denied this, stating that protesting against Saudi Arabia in India interferes with another country's security.
"[17][31][32][16] In March 2020, Farooqui stated that we need an India in which Muslims and Hindus protect each other's religious sites and refrain from bias based on caste or name.