Saddam remained in an undisclosed hospital taking nutrition through on a feeding tube that was administered the day before, court spokesman Raid Juhi said.
The tube was inserted on the 17th day of a hunger strike, but Juhi said Saddam's condition was now stable and he would be in court for the next session on Wednesday.
Meanwhile Barzan Ibrahim accused a court employee of shaking down his sister-in-law for money as their trial entered the final stretch without the former president in attendance.
Ibrahim, a former intelligence chief, was the only one of the eight defendants to appear in court when the trial resumed after a two-week break to continue hearing final summations.
Afterwards, the five-judge panel will adjourn to consider a verdict, which could include the death by hanging for Saddam and two others.
Saddam and the seven others have been on trial since October 19 for the deaths of Shi'ite Muslims after a crackdown in the town of Dujail, which was launched after an assassination attempt there in 1982.
The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for Saddam and two other defendants including Barzan.
Barzan had also been refusing food since July 7 to demand better security for defence lawyers, who have boycotted the hearings since the killing last month of a colleague.