(Whoever catches the opening takbir for forty days …) Does this include praying in the prayer area?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported in the hadith that whoever catches the opening takbir for forty days, it is written for him and hypocrisy from? That whoever catches the opening takbir for forty days, it is written for him two guarantees: a guarantee from the Fire and a guarantee from hypocrisy. Does this include praying in the prayer area at the workplace, or is it specific to praying in the mosque?

Answer:
Praying with the congregation means praying with the congregation such that one catches the opening takbir with the imam. One catches the opening takbir with the imam. But if he prays alone, this is what he misses: the opening takbir. The opening takbir for him, if he says the takbir, but the takbir with the imam is what he misses if he is late. Yes, whether they pray in congregation in the mosque or pray at their workplace, the imam’s takbir, the opening takbir, is the imam’s takbir.