Is it better to pray voluntary prayers in seclusion from people?

Question:
First: I ask you to pray for me for understanding in the religion.
Second: Sometimes I pray in my room, and when some of my colleagues visit, they blame me for it and want me to pray in a place where no one sees me. I ask you to clarify this?

Answer:
First: May Allah grant us and you understanding in the religion, and may He rectify our hearts and deeds, all of us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This requires seeking, effort, and activity, asking Allah the Exalted for success, and acting upon knowledge.
As for praying in the room: if it is a voluntary prayer, praise be to Allah, the matter is broad. You may pray in your room, and if you are alone with no one present, that is better and more complete in terms of sincerity. If someone comes to you, let it be conversation and study with them. When the people leave, praise your Lord and strive in worship: reading, prayer, and so on.
As for the obligatory prayer: it is obligatory for you to attend it with the Muslims, and it is not permissible for you to pray alone, neither in the room nor elsewhere. Rather, it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation of Muslims, and to respond to: "Hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-falah," as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , narrated by Ibn Majah, al-Daraqutni, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim with a chain meeting the conditions of Muslim.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the blind man who said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to lead me to the mosque. Do I have a dispensation to pray in my house?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: He said: Yes. He said: This indicates the obligation of responding and praying with the Muslims, and the prohibition of lagging behind the congregational prayer, whether in the room or elsewhere.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to burn down the houses of those who lagged behind, as in "al-Sahihayn."
And 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)said: "Whoever desires to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these five prayers at the times they are called for, for Allah has prescribed for His Prophet the sunnahs of guidance, and these are among the sunnahs of guidance. If you were to pray in your homes as this laggard prays in his home, you would abandon the sunnah of your Prophet, and if you abandoned the sunnah of your Prophet, you would go astray—and in one version: you would become disbelievers. And I have seen us, and none of us would lag behind it—meaning: prayer in congregation—except a known hypocrite."
This indicates that lagging behind the congregation is among the signs of hypocrisy, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah. It is obligatory to beware of the characteristics of the hypocrites, and it is obligatory to strive to adopt the morals of the believers in what Allah has made obligatory upon them.