Op-amp Forward biased or negative biased?
The transistor Q1 along with R1 and R2 form an inverting amplifier, that acts as a buffer for the operational amplifier.

Since we add an inverting stage the inputs (+ and -) of the opamp are effectively reversed and the '+' input now has to be used for negative feedback. The output at the collector of Q1 is now the output of the buffered opamp.

It is now easy to see that the whole circuit is in a negative feedback configuration or a follower configuration to be more precise.